word-vault/dist/data/cards/me/mechanical.json

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{
    "term": "mechanical",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "operated by power from an engine",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **mechanical device/toy/clock**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "mechanical parts"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Engineering"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "relating to machines and engines",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**mechanical problems/defects**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The breakdown was due to a mechanical failure."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Engineering"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "done without thinking, like a machine",
            "labels": "(often disapproving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **mechanical gesture/response**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "My work has become mechanical—I could do it in my sleep."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "routine"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "connected with the physical laws of movement and cause and effect (= with mechanics)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "mechanical processes"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Physics and chemistry"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "good at understanding how machines work",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/məˈkænɪkl/",
                "audio": "me/mechanical/mechanical__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/məˈkænɪkl/",
                "audio": "me/mechanical/mechanical__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (describing an art or occupation concerned with the construction of machines): via Latin from Greek mēkhanikos (from mēkhanē, from mēkhos ‘contrivance’) + -al."
}