physical
798
2.7
- adjective
- /ˈfɪzɪkəl/
:
físico
- The physical characteristics of the stone made it ideal for construction and landscaping.
- physical properties
- physical space
- physical environment
I bought within the last few years, physical items for people.
- I bought within the last few years, physical items for people.
- One would be to engage with the physical environment more.
- So it doesn't have any physical substance to it.
- You're better off, I think to be in physical, tangible assets.
- So this distinction between mind, mental state and physical state is artificial.
- You know, the dudes got physical output most of the day.
- It's really just sort of a physical thing that that happens.
- So time, actual physical time and shut up.
Examples
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One would be to engage with the physical environment more.
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First, they may influence TB transmission directly by affecting the physical and social environments of communities.
Academic text (2011) -
You can also improve the physical structure of your brain.
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Now this is a very physical way of thinking as well.
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It's really just sort of a physical thing that that happens.
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But again, owning physical gold makes me sleep better.
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It's a real, tangible physical effect of space itself.
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The people here are given over to physical pleasure and scepticism.
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A shared common building houses security, physical education, a cafeteria, and other services.
Academic text (2011) -
It's a physical disease.
Synonyms
101
4.6
Real and able to be touched or clearly felt
29
4.0
Relating to the body rather than the mind
15
8.4
Relating to the physical body rather than the spirit
2
3.5
Relating to physical things or possessions, not spiritual
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
49
3.7
A treatment that uses exercise and massage to help people move and reduce pain
- Specialized
27
3.4
A person who helps people regain movement and strength after injury using exercises and hands-on care
- Specialized
4
3.7
A quality in a material you can see or measure without changing it, like density
- Specialized
4
3.4
A change where something changes state or appearance but stays the same substance
- Specialized
3
4.0
A change or movement in matter and energy that happens in nature and in experiments, like melting
- Specialized
1
4.4
A natural event that involves matter and energy and can be seen or measured
- Specialized
1
4.8
Study of how chemicals behave and change using physics and math
- Specialized
1
3.4
A process that helps people get back strength and movement after illness, injury, or disability
1
3.9
The study of Earth's natural features and how they change, like mountains and rivers
- Specialized
Care that helps someone regain movement and strength after an injury
- Specialized
A solid object that swings around a fixed horizontal axis that is not through its middle
- Specialized
The amount to replace a building or machine after subtracting wear and age
How Abstract
31
8.8
- Formal
23
9.4
160
7.4
798
2.7
206
3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Physical comes from an old Greek word physis meaning 'nature' or 'what things are made of'. Think of physics, the study of matter and forces, and you can see why physical means 'relating to material things'.