[
  {
    "word": "contest",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8k\u0252n.t\u025bst/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8k\u0252n.t\u025bst/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8k\u0251n.t\u025bst/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/contest-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1780000",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Controversy; debate.",
            "synonyms": [
              "controversy",
              "debate",
              "discussion"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "no contest"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Struggle for superiority; combat.",
            "synonyms": [
              "battle",
              "combat",
              "fight"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A competition.",
            "synonyms": [
              "competition",
              "pageant"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The child entered the spelling contest."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "battle",
          "combat",
          "fight",
          "competition",
          "pageant",
          "controversy",
          "debate",
          "discussion"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To contend.",
            "synonyms": [
              "compete",
              "contend",
              "go in for"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I will contest for the open seat on the board."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To call into question; to oppose.",
            "synonyms": [
              "call into question",
              "oppose"
            ],
            "antonyms": [
              "support"
            ],
            "example": "The rival contested the dictator's re-election because of claims of voting irregularities."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The troops contested every inch of ground."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law.",
            "synonyms": [
              "controvert"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "call into question",
          "oppose",
          "compete",
          "contend",
          "go in for",
          "controvert"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "support"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/contest"
    ]
  }
]