[
  {
    "word": "early",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8\u025c\u02d0.li/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8\u025c\u02d0.li/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/early-uk.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9014378",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY 3.0 US",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us"
        }
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8\u025dli/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/early-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=856994",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place early in the day.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": [
          "late"
        ]
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "at eleven, we went for an early lunch;\u00a0 she began reading at an early age;\u00a0 his mother suffered an early death"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The early guests sipped their punch and avoided each other's eyes."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Near the start or beginning.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Early results showed their winning 245 out of 300 seats in parliament. The main opponent locked up only 31 seats."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Having begun to occur; in its early stages.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "early cancer"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Of a star or class of stars, hotter than the sun.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [
              "late"
            ]
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "first",
          "premature"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "late",
          "late",
          "terminal"
        ]
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "At a time before expected; sooner than usual.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "We finished the project an hour sooner than scheduled, so we left early."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Soon; in good time; seasonably.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "prematurely"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "late",
          "tardily"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/early"
    ]
  }
]