{
    "term": "theatrical",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "connected with the theatre",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a theatrical agent"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Film and theatre"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "deliberately attracting attention or creating a particular effect in a way that seems false",
            "labels": "(often disapproving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a theatrical gesture"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/θiˈætrɪkl/",
                "audio": "th/theatrical/theatrical__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/θiˈætrɪkl/",
                "audio": "th/theatrical/theatrical__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek theatrikos (from theatron ‘theatre’) + -al."
}