[
  {
    "word": "annual",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8\u00e6n.ju.\u0259l/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8\u00e6n.ju.\u0259l/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8\u00e6n.ju.\u0259l/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/annual-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1769834",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "An annual publication; a book, periodical, journal, report, comic book, yearbook, etc., which is published serially once a year, which may or may not be in addition to regular weekly or monthly publication.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I read the magazine, but I usually don't purchase the annuals."
          },
          {
            "definition": "An annual plant; a plant with a life span of just one growing season; a plant which naturally germinates, flowers and dies in one year. Compare biennial, perennial.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I can't wait to plant my annuals in the spring."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A medical checkup taking place once a year.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A pantomime taking place once a year.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Happening once every year.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "an annual general meeting;\u00a0 an annual publication"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Of, for, or relating to a whole year, often as a recurring cycle; determined or reckoned by the year; accumulating in the course of a year; performed, executed, or completed over the course of a year. See also circannual.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "an annual salary;\u00a0 average annual profits;\u00a0 the annual course of the sun"
          },
          {
            "definition": "(of a plant) Having a life cycle that is completed in only one growing season; e.g. beans, corn, marigold. See Annual plant in Wikipedia. Compare biennial, perennial.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Living or lasting just one season or year, as certain insects or insect colonies.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "yearly"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/annual"
    ]
  }
]