[
  {
    "word": "explain",
    "phonetic": "/\u025bk\u02c8sple\u026an/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u025bk\u02c8sple\u026an/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/explain-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1230395",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "To explain a chapter of the Bible."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To give a valid excuse for past behavior.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To make flat, smooth out.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To unfold or make visible.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To make something plain or intelligible.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "elaborate",
          "expound",
          "recce"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/explain"
    ]
  }
]