[
  {
    "word": "about",
    "phonetic": "/\u0259\u02c8b\u025b\u028at/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u0259\u02c8b\u025b\u028at/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u0259\u02c8ba\u028at/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u0259\u02c8b\u025b\u028at/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u0259\u02c8b\u028c\u028at/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u0259\u02c8ba\u028at/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/about-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=191960",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Moving around; astir.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "After my bout with Guillan-Barre Syndrome, it took me 6 months to be up and about again."
          },
          {
            "definition": "In existence; being in evidence; apparent.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "This idea has been about for a while but has only recently become fashionable."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Near; in the vicinity or neighbourhood.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I had my keys just a minute ago, so they must be about somewhere."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "around",
          "active",
          "around",
          "astir",
          "mobile"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "On all sides; around.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I looked about at the scenery that surrounded me."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Bits of old machinery were lying about."
          },
          {
            "definition": "From one place or position to another in succession; indicating repeated movement or activity.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "walking about;\u2003 rushing about;\u2003 jumping about;\u2003 thrashing about"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Indicating unproductive or unstructured activity.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "messing about;\u2003  fooling about;\u2003 loafing about"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Dinner's about ready."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Near; in the vicinity.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To a reversed order; half round; facing in the opposite direction; from a contrary point of view.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to face about;\u2003 to turn oneself about"
          },
          {
            "definition": "In succession; one after another; in the course of events.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; in circumference.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a mile about, and a third of a mile across"
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "around"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "preposition",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The snake was coiled about his ankle."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He was well known about town."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Indicates that something will happen very soon; indicates a plan or intention to do something.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect.",
            "synonyms": [
              "apropos",
              "as for"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He talked a lot about his childhood."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Concerned with; engaged in; intent on.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to be about one's business"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Within or in the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I can't find my reading glasses, but they must be somewhere about the house."
          },
          {
            "definition": "On one's person; nearby the person.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I had no weapon about me but a stick."
          },
          {
            "definition": "In or near, as in mental faculties or in the possession of; under the control of; at one's command; in one's makeup.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He has his wits about him."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "apropos",
          "as for"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/about"
    ]
  }
]