{
    "term": "logical",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "seeming natural, reasonable or sensible",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It was a **logical conclusion** from the child's point of view."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Each of them having their own room was the logical solution."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There may be a perfectly logical explanation for her absences."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a logical thing to do in the circumstances"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What 's the next logical step?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It seemed logical to try and contact the child's mother."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need to have a logical rather than an emotional response to these events."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What she said sounded logical enough."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "following or able to follow the rules of logic in which ideas or facts are based on other true ideas or facts",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a logical argument"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Computer programming needs someone with a logical mind."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A contradiction is a logical impossibility."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She suggests that a decline in language would lead to a decline in logical thinking."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The problem can be solved using a process of logical reasoning."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlɒdʒɪkl/",
                "audio": "lo/logical/logical__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlɑːdʒɪkl/",
                "audio": "lo/logical/logical__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from medieval Latin logicalis from late Latin logica, from Greek logikē (tekhnē) ‘(art) of reason’, from logos ‘word, reason’."
}