[
  {
    "word": "authority",
    "phonetic": "/\u0254\u02d0\u02c8\u03b8\u0252\u0279\u0259ti/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u0254\u02d0\u02c8\u03b8\u0252\u0279\u0259ti/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u0259\u02c8\u03b8\u0251\u0279\u0259ti/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/authority-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=718896",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "The power to enforce rules or give orders.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I have the authority to penalise the staff in my department, but not the authority to sack them."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(used in singular or plural form) Persons in command; specifically, government.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A person accepted as a source of reliable information on a subject.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "the world's foremost authority on orangutans"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Government-owned agency which runs a revenue-generating activity.",
            "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/authority"
    ]
  }
]