{
    "term": "technical",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "connected with the practical use of machines, methods, etc. in science and industry",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We offer free **technical support** for those buying our software."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The organization provides **technical assistance** to farmers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**technical skills/expertise**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "technical education"
                },
                {
                    "text": "technical drawing *(= especially taught as a school subject)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is a purely **technical issue**."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Engineering"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "sound", "become"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "connected with the skills needed for a particular job, sport, art, etc.",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She doesn't possess the technical ability to perform the song well."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Skaters score extra points for technical complexity."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "sound", "become"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "connected with a particular subject and therefore difficult to understand if you do not know about that subject",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A lot of the discussions were **highly technical**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The article is full of **technical terms**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The guide is too technical for a non-specialist."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The conversation was getting a bit technical for me, so I left them to it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Without getting too technical, this is basically how it works."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "sound", "become"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "connected with the details of a law or set of rules",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Their lawyers spent days arguing over technical details."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "sound", "become"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈteknɪkl/",
                "audio": "te/technical/technical__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈteknɪkl/",
                "audio": "te/technical/technical__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}