[
  {
    "word": "but",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/but-au.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75268496",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 4.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"
        }
      },
      {
        "text": "/b\u028at/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/b\u028at/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/b\u028ct/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/but-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=192100",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      },
      {
        "text": "/b\u028ct/",
        "audio": ""
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "An instance or example of using the word \"but\".",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "It has to be done \u2013 no ifs or buts."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The outer room of a small two-room cottage.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A limit; a boundary.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The end; especially the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end; the butt.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Use the word \"but\".",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "But me no buts."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Merely, only, just.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Christmas comes  but once a year."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Though, however.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I'll have to go home early but."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Used as an intensifier.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Nobody, but nobody, crosses me and gets away with it."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "even so",
          "nevertheless",
          "notwithstanding",
          "yet"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "preposition",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Apart from, except (for), excluding.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Everyone but Father left early."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(obsolete outside Scotland) Outside of.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "barring",
          "except for",
          "save for"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "conjunction",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "On the contrary, rather (as a regular adversative conjunction, introducing a word or clause in contrast or contradiction with the preceding negative clause or sentence).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I am not rich but [I am] poor\u2003 not John but Peter went there."
          },
          {
            "definition": "However, although, nevertheless, on the other hand (introducing a clause contrary to prior belief or in contrast with the preceding clause or sentence).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "She is very old but still attractive."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Except that (introducing a subordinate clause which qualifies a negative statement); also, with omission of the subject of the subordinate clause, acting as a negative relative, \"except one that\", \"except such that\".",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I cannot but feel offended."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Without its also being the case that; unless that (introducing a necessary concomitant).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "It never rains but it pours."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Except with; unless with; without.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Only; solely; merely.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Until.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(following a negated expression of improbability) That.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "bar",
          "excepting",
          "excluding",
          "unless",
          "with the exception of",
          "without",
          "ac",
          "although",
          "yet"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/but"
    ]
  }
]