[
  {
    "word": "delay",
    "phonetic": "/d\u026a\u02c8le\u026a/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/d\u026a\u02c8le\u026a/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/delay-1-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1684585",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "the delay before the echo of a sound"
          },
          {
            "definition": "An audio effects unit that introduces a controlled delay.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To put off until a later time; to defer.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To allay; to temper.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "calm",
          "moderate",
          "quell",
          "cunctation",
          "hold-up",
          "adjourn",
          "defer",
          "forslow",
          "on ice",
          "penelopize",
          "postpone",
          "put off",
          "suspend",
          "forslow",
          "get in the way",
          "hold up",
          "impede"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/delay"
    ]
  },
  {
    "word": "delay",
    "phonetics": [],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To dilute, temper.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To assuage, quench, allay.",
            "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/delay"
    ]
  }
]