[
  {
    "word": "acknowledge",
    "phonetic": "/\u0259k\u02c8n\u0252.l\u026ad\u0292/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u0259k\u02c8n\u0252.l\u026ad\u0292/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u00e6k\u02c8n\u0251\u02d0.l\u026ad\u0292/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/acknowledge-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=755095",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to acknowledge the being of a god"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To be grateful of (e.g. a benefit or a favour)",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to acknowledge a favor"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To report (the receipt of a message to its sender).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "This is to acknowledge your kind invitation to participate in the upcoming debate."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To own as genuine or valid; to assent to (a legal instrument) to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "admit",
          "allow",
          "avow",
          "concede",
          "confess",
          "own",
          "proclaim",
          "recognize"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/acknowledge"
    ]
  }
]