[
  {
    "word": "collection",
    "phonetic": "/k\u0259\u02c8l\u025bk\u0283\u0259n/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/k\u0259\u02c8l\u025bk\u0283\u0259n/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/collection-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1648217",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A set of items or amount of material procured or gathered together.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The asteroid belt consists of a collection of dust, rubble, and minor planets."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Multiple related objects associated as a group.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He has a superb coin collection."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The activity of collecting.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Collection of trash will occur every Thursday."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A set of sets.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for donations.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Debt collection.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(in the plural, Oxford University) A set of college exams generally taken at the start of the term.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The quality of being collected; calm composure.",
            "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/collection"
    ]
  }
]