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{
"term": "physical",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "connected with a person’s body rather than their mind",
"labels": "(informal)(formal)(British English)(British English)(disapproving)(both informal, often disapproving)(informal, disapproving)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**physical activity/fitness**"
},
{
"text": "All subjects undergo a **physical examination**."
},
{
"text": "physical appearance"
},
{
"text": "physical disabilities/injuries"
},
{
"text": "The ordeal has affected both her **mental and physical health**."
},
{
"text": "He tends to avoid all physical contact."
},
{
"text": "The centre offers activities for everyone, whatever your age or physical condition."
},
{
"text": "the threat of physical violence"
},
{
"text": "The problem is purely physical, not mental."
},
{
"text": "The shock of the darkness was almost physical."
}
],
"topics": ["Body", "Working life"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become", "get"],
"adverb": ["purely", "almost"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "connected with things that actually exist or are present and can be seen, felt, etc. rather than things that only exist in a person’s mind",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "the **physical world**"
},
{
"text": "the quality of the physical environment"
},
{
"text": "the **physical properties** *(= the colour, weight, shape, etc.)* of copper"
},
{
"text": "She was intimidated by his **physical presence**."
},
{
"text": "Is there any physical evidence to suggest that a crime has been committed?"
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become", "get"],
"adverb": ["purely", "almost"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "according to the laws of nature",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "It is a physical impossibility to be in two places at once."
},
{
"text": "There does not seem to be any physical explanation for what they saw."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "connected with the scientific study of forces such as heat, light, sound, etc. and how they affect objects",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "physical laws"
},
{
"text": "physical science/chemistry"
}
],
"topics": ["Physics and chemistry"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "involving a lot of physical contact or activity",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Rugby is a very physical sport."
},
{
"text": "It was a very physical match."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "involving sex",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "physical love"
},
{
"text": "They are having a physical relationship."
},
{
"text": "Their relationship was **purely physical**."
},
{
"text": "There was a physical attraction between us."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become", "get"],
"adverb": ["purely", "almost"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "liking to touch other people a lot",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She's not very physical."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 8,
"definition": "violent (used to avoid saying this in a direct way)",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Are you going to cooperate or do we have to get physical?"
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become", "get"],
"adverb": ["purely", "almost"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfɪzɪkl/",
"audio": "ph/physical/physical__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfɪzɪkl/",
"audio": "ph/physical/physical__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘relating to medicine’): from medieval Latin physicalis, from Latin physica ‘things relating to nature’, from Greek phusikē (epistēmē) ‘(knowledge) of nature’. Sense 2 dates from the late 16th cent. and sense 1 from the late 18th cent."
}