{
    "term": "physical",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "connected with a person’s body rather than their mind",
            "labels": "(informal)(formal)(British English)(British English)(disapproving)(both informal, often disapproving)(informal, disapproving)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**physical activity/fitness**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "All subjects undergo a **physical examination**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "physical appearance"
                },
                {
                    "text": "physical disabilities/injuries"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The ordeal has affected both her **mental and physical health**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He tends to avoid all physical contact."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The centre offers activities for everyone, whatever your age or physical condition."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the threat of physical violence"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The problem is purely physical, not mental."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The shock of the darkness was almost physical."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Body", "Working life"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "get"],
                "adverb": ["purely", "almost"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "connected with things that actually exist or are present and can be seen, felt, etc. rather than things that only exist in a person’s mind",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the **physical world**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the quality of the physical environment"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **physical properties** *(= the colour, weight, shape, etc.)* of copper"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was intimidated by his **physical presence**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Is there any physical evidence to suggest that a crime has been committed?"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "get"],
                "adverb": ["purely", "almost"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "according to the laws of nature",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It is a physical impossibility to be in two places at once."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There does not seem to be any physical explanation for what they saw."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "connected with the scientific study of forces such as heat, light, sound, etc. and how they affect objects",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "physical laws"
                },
                {
                    "text": "physical science/chemistry"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Physics and chemistry"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "involving a lot of physical contact or activity",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Rugby is a very physical sport."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a very physical match."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "involving sex",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "physical love"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are having a physical relationship."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their relationship was **purely physical**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was a physical attraction between us."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "get"],
                "adverb": ["purely", "almost"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "liking to touch other people a lot",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She's not very physical."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "violent (used to avoid saying this in a direct way)",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Are you going to cooperate or do we have to get physical?"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "get"],
                "adverb": ["purely", "almost"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfɪzɪkl/",
                "audio": "ph/physical/physical__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfɪzɪkl/",
                "audio": "ph/physical/physical__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘relating to medicine’): from medieval Latin physicalis, from Latin physica ‘things relating to nature’, from Greek phusikē (epistēmē) ‘(knowledge) of nature’. Sense 2 dates from the late 16th cent. and sense 1 from the late 18th cent."
}