[
  {
    "word": "assert",
    "phonetic": "/\u0259\u02c8s\u025c\u02d0t/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u0259\u02c8s\u025c\u02d0t/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u0259\u02c8s\u025dt/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/assert-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2453848",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "An assertion; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is true.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He would often assert that there was life on other planets."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Salman Rushdie has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to assert our rights and liberties"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To specify that a condition or expression is true at a certain point in the code.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "affirm",
          "asseverate",
          "aver"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "deassert",
          "deny",
          "remit"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/assert"
    ]
  }
]