[
  {
    "word": "agency",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8e\u026a.d\u0292\u0259n.si/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8e\u026a.d\u0292\u0259n.si/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/agency-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2650623",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power.",
            "synonyms": [
              "action",
              "activity",
              "operation"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "individual agency"
          },
          {
            "definition": "A medium through which power is exerted or an end is achieved.",
            "synonyms": [
              "instrumentality",
              "means"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The office or function of an agent; also, the relationship between a principal and that person's agent.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "authority of agency"
          },
          {
            "definition": "An establishment engaged in doing business for another; also, the place of business or the district of such an agency.",
            "synonyms": [
              "management"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A department or other administrative unit of a government; also, the office or headquarters of, or the district administered by such unit of government.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry"
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "action",
          "activity",
          "operation",
          "instrumentality",
          "means",
          "management"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/agency"
    ]
  }
]