[
  {
    "word": "compare",
    "phonetic": "/k\u0259m\u02c8p\u025b\u0259/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/k\u0259m\u02c8p\u025b\u0259/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/k\u0259m\u02c8p\u025b\u025a/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/compare-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2707473",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Comparison.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An instruction or command that compares two values.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Illustration by comparison; simile.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things [\"to compare X with Y\"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Compare the tiger's coloration with that of the zebra."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To declare two things to be similar in some respect [\"to compare X to Y\"].",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Astronomers have compared comets to dirty snowballs."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(grammar) To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "We compare \"good\" as \"good\", \"better\", \"best\"."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To be similar (often used in the negative).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "A sapling and a fully-grown oak tree do not compare."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To get; to obtain.",
            "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/compare"
    ]
  }
]