{
    "term": "rational",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "based on reason rather than emotions",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a rational argument/choice/decision"
                },
                {
                    "text": "rational analysis/thought"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is no rational explanation for his actions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It all seemed quite rational to me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In some ways their behaviour is perfectly rational."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She seems incapable of making a rational decision."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need to present them with a rational argument."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["highly", "very", "completely"],
                "preposition": ["about"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "able to think clearly and make decisions based on reason rather than emotions",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "No rational person would ever behave like that."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Try to be rational about it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Humans are essentially rational beings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She said that she had not been fully rational when she signed the form."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "reasonable",
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["highly", "very", "completely"],
                "preposition": ["about"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈræʃnəl/",
                "audio": "ra/rational/rational__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈræʃnəl/",
                "audio": "ra/rational/rational__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘having the ability to reason’): from Latin rationalis, from ratio(n-) ‘reckoning, reason’, from rat- ‘reckoned’, from the verb reri."
}