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{
"term": "intellectual",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "connected with or using a person’s ability to think in a logical way and understand things",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Gifted children typically show great intellectual curiosity and a wide range of interests."
},
{
"text": "an intellectual novel"
},
{
"text": "I don't think he has the intellectual skills necessary to study at this level."
},
{
"text": "It can be very difficult to measure intellectual ability."
},
{
"text": "She has a rigorously intellectual approach to the topic."
},
{
"text": "Students should be able to develop both their creative and intellectual powers."
},
{
"text": "Their political position is hard to justify in intellectual terms."
},
{
"text": "There wasn't much opportunity for intellectual discussion."
},
{
"text": "You can't really appreciate art from a purely intellectual standpoint."
}
],
"synonyms": "mental",
"topics": ["Working life"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "well educated and enjoying activities in which you have to think seriously about things",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She's very intellectual."
},
{
"text": "He's extremely bright, but not really intellectual."
},
{
"text": "The play was obviously written for an intellectual audience."
},
{
"text": "Her works were popular among the intellectual elite of the time."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌɪntəˈlektʃuəl/",
"audio": "in/intellectual/intellectual__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌɪntəˈlektʃuəl/",
"audio": "in/intellectual/intellectual__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin intellectualis, from intellectus ‘understanding’, from intellegere ‘understand’, from inter ‘between’ + legere ‘choose’."
}