{
    "term": "economical",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "providing good service or value in relation to the amount of time or money spent",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an economical car to run *(= one that does not use too much petrol)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It would be more economical to buy the bigger size."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Solid fuel would be more economical."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This new oven is highly economical."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["in", "of", "with"],
                "phrases": ["economical with the truth"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "using no more of something than is necessary",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an economical use of space"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an economical prose style *(= one that uses no unnecessary words)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He admired her economical movements as she set the table for supper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "more economical of time and resources"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This arrangement is more economical with space."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This arrangement is more economical in its use of staff."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["in", "of", "with"],
                "phrases": ["economical with the truth"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "not spending more money than necessary",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was economical in all areas of his life."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "frugal"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "if you say that somebody has been economical with the truth, you mean that they left out some important facts, but you do not want to say that they were lying",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪkl//ˌekəˈnɒmɪkl/",
                "audio": "ec/economical/economical__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌiːkəˈnɑːmɪkl//ˌekəˈnɑːmɪkl/",
                "audio": "ec/economical/economical__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}