[
  {
    "word": "debate",
    "phonetic": "/d\u026a\u02c8be\u026at/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/d\u026a\u02c8be\u026at/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/debate-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1769371",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "An argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting, often with more than two people, generally ending with a vote or other decision.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "After a four-hour debate, the committee voted to table the motion."
          },
          {
            "definition": "An informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The debate over the age of the universe is thousands of years old."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Discussion of opposing views.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "There has been considerable debate concerning exactly how to format these articles."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(frequently in the French form d\u00e9bat) A type of literary composition, taking the form of a discussion or disputation, commonly found in the vernacular medieval poetry of many European countries, as well as in medieval Latin.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Strife, discord.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "\"Debate me, coward!\" snarled the completely normal intellectual."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To fight.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To engage in combat for; to strive for.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To consider (to oneself), to think over, to attempt to decide",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He was debating where he'd spend his holiday."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/debate"
    ]
  }
]