adjective · neutral
political
UK/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/US/pəˈlɪtəkəl/po·LI·ti·cal
Band 5-6task2speaking
relating to government, public affairs, or power struggles between groups
Examples
“political debate”
“political parties”
“political reforms”
Band 8 sentence
“Political polarization has made it harder for legislators to reach consensus on necessary reforms.”
Collocations
- political stability
- political debate
- political parties
Word family
politics nounpolitical adjectivepolitically adverb
Common mistakes
politic debate→political debate
the politicals→politicians / political issues
Say it for a higher band
5government→6politics→7+political
Synonyms
governmental
Easily confused
governmental
“Governmental reports outlined the proposed budget changes for the next fiscal year.”
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