{
    "term": "political",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "connected with the state, government or public affairs",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a monarch without **political power**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was a **political prisoner** *(= one who was put in prison for holding opinions that the government thought dangerous)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a period of political stability"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a political situation/crisis"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The police force is facing intense **political pressure** to reopen the investigation."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "get"],
                "adverb": ["highly", "very", "explicitly"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "connected with the different groups working in politics, especially their policies and the competition between them",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **political party/leader/opponent**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What are your political sympathies?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Peace organizations are being used as fronts for **political agendas**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a successful political career"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the right to participate in **political processes**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the US **political system**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This whole issue has become highly political."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the first purely political decision taken by the EU"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the overtly political works of Leon Golub"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "get"],
                "adverb": ["highly", "very", "explicitly"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "interested in or active in politics",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She became very political at university."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm not a **political animal** *(= person who is interested in politics)*."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Politics"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "connected with power, status, etc. within an organization, rather than with matters of principle",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I suspect that he was dismissed for political reasons."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have no intention of getting political."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "get"],
                "adverb": ["highly", "very", "explicitly"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəˈlɪtɪkl/",
                "audio": "po/political/political__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəˈlɪtɪkl/",
                "audio": "po/political/political__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}