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{
"term": "rational",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "based on reason rather than emotions",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a rational argument/choice/decision"
},
{
"text": "rational analysis/thought"
},
{
"text": "There is no rational explanation for his actions."
},
{
"text": "It all seemed quite rational to me."
},
{
"text": "In some ways their behaviour is perfectly rational."
},
{
"text": "She seems incapable of making a rational decision."
},
{
"text": "We need to present them with a rational argument."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "seem"],
"adverb": ["highly", "very", "completely"],
"preposition": ["about"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "able to think clearly and make decisions based on reason rather than emotions",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "No rational person would ever behave like that."
},
{
"text": "Try to be rational about it."
},
{
"text": "Humans are essentially rational beings."
},
{
"text": "She said that she had not been fully rational when she signed the form."
}
],
"synonyms": "reasonable",
"topics": ["Personal qualities"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "seem"],
"adverb": ["highly", "very", "completely"],
"preposition": ["about"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈræʃnəl/",
"audio": "ra/rational/rational__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈræʃnəl/",
"audio": "ra/rational/rational__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘having the ability to reason’): from Latin rationalis, from ratio(n-) ‘reckoning, reason’, from rat- ‘reckoned’, from the verb reri."
}