{
    "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’."
}