[
  {
    "word": "assignment",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/assignment-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1784028",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "This flow chart represents the assignment of tasks in our committee."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "We should not condone the assignment of asylum seekers to that of people smugglers."
          },
          {
            "definition": "An assigned task.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The assignment the department gave him proved to be quite challenging."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A position to which someone is assigned.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Unbeknownst to Mr Smith, his new assignment was in fact a demotion."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Mrs Smith gave out our assignments, and said we had to finish them by Monday."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The assignment of the lease has not been finalised yet."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A document that effects this transfer.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Once you receive the assignment in the post, be sure to sign it and send it back as soon as possible."
          },
          {
            "definition": "An operation that assigns a value to a variable.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/assignment"
    ]
  }
]