[
  {
    "word": "employ",
    "phonetic": "/\u025bm\u02c8pl\u0254\u026a/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u025bm\u02c8pl\u0254\u026a/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/employ-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1780060",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "The state of being an employee; employment.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The school district has six thousand teachers in its employ."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The act of employing someone or making use of something; employment.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To hire (somebody for work or a job).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Yesterday our local garage employed a new mechanic."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To use (somebody for a job, or something for a task).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The burglar employed a jemmy to get in."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To make busy.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "hire",
          "apply",
          "use",
          "utilize"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/employ"
    ]
  }
]