[
  {
    "word": "advance",
    "phonetic": "/\u0259d\u02c8va\u02d0ns/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u0259d\u02c8va\u02d0ns/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u0259d\u02c8va\u02d0ns/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u0259d\u02c8v\u0251\u02d0ns/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u0259d\u02c8v\u00e6ns/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/advance-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1446810",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A forward move; improvement or progression.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "an advance in health or knowledge"
          },
          {
            "definition": "An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An addition to the price; rise in price or value.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "an advance on the prime cost of goods"
          },
          {
            "definition": "(in the plural) An opening approach or overture, especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": [
          "regress",
          "regression"
        ]
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To promote or advantage.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To move forward in space or time.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To raise, be raised.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "accelerate",
          "adduce",
          "aggrandize",
          "allege",
          "assign",
          "elevate",
          "exalt",
          "heighten",
          "improve",
          "raise"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "regress",
          "retract"
        ]
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Completed before necessary or a milestone event.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He made an advance payment on the prior shipment to show good faith."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Preceding",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The advance man came a month before the candidate."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Forward",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The scouts found a site for an advance base."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/advance"
    ]
  }
]