[
  {
    "word": "effective",
    "phonetic": "/\u0259\u02c8f\u025bkt\u026av/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u0259\u02c8f\u025bkt\u026av/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/effective-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2100962",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A soldier fit for duty",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Having the power to produce a required effect or effects.",
            "synonyms": [
              "efficacious"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The pill is an effective method of birth control."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Producing a decided or decisive effect.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The president delivered an effective speech!"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Efficient, serviceable, or operative, available for useful work.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "How long does it take to make a bunch of civilians an effective military force?"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Actually in effect.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The curfew is effective at midnight."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(of a cycle or divisor) Having no negative coefficients.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(for any effective theory) approximate; Not describing the fundamental dynamic changes in some system as they happen.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "efficacious"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/effective"
    ]
  }
]