{
    "term": "operational",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "connected with the way in which a business, machine, system, etc. works",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "operational activities/costs/difficulties"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Business"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "remain"],
                "adverb": ["fully"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "ready or available to be used",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The new airport is now **fully operational**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The weapon system was declared operational in June."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They plan to keep the telescope operational until the end of the decade."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "remain"],
                "adverb": ["fully"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "connected with a military operation",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "operational headquarters"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɒpəˈreɪʃənl/",
                "audio": "op/operational/operational__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɑːpəˈreɪʃənl/",
                "audio": "op/operational/operational__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}