{
    "term": "logic",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a way of thinking or explaining something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I fail to see the logic behind his argument."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The two parts of the plan were governed by the same logic."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can't follow the logic of what you are saying."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In their faulty logic, this is a great injustice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What kind of twisted logic is that?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can't use the same logic in dealing with children."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They questioned the logic underlying his actions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The music has its own inner logic."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["compelling", "impeccable", "inexorable"],
                "verb + logic": ["accept", "follow", "see"],
                "preposition": ["logic behind", "logic in", "logic of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "sensible reasons for doing something",
            "sensetop": "logic to/in something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Linking the proposals in a single package did have a certain logic."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a strategy based on sound commercial logic"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is no logic in any of their claims.",
                    "contextForm": "logic to/in something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's a stupid decision that completely defies logic."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There doesn't seem to be any logic in the move."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plan had a simple logic to it."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["compelling", "impeccable", "inexorable"],
                "verb + logic": ["accept", "follow", "see"],
                "preposition": ["logic behind", "logic in", "logic of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the science of thinking about or explaining the reason for something using formal methods",
            "labels": "(philosophy)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the rules of logic"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Philosophers use logic to prove their arguments."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["formal", "mathematical", "deductive"],
                "verb + logic": ["apply", "use"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a system or set of principles used in preparing a computer or electronic device to perform a particular task",
            "labels": "(computing)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Computers"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlɒdʒɪk/",
                "audio": "lo/logic/logic__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlɑːdʒɪk/",
                "audio": "lo/logic/logic__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French logique and late Latin logica from Greek logikē (tekhnē) ‘(art) of reason’, from logos ‘word, reason’."
}