[
  {
    "word": "father",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8fa\u02d0\u00f0\u0259/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8fa\u02d0\u00f0\u0259/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8f\u0251\u02d0\u00f0\u0259(\u0279)/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/father-uk.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=77606714",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 4.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"
        }
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8f\u0251\u00f0\u025a/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/father-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=501788",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A (generally human) male who begets a child.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "My father was a strong influence on me."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A term of respectful address for an elderly man.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Come, father; you can sit here."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A term of respectful address for a priest.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A person who plays the role of a father in some way.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "My brother was a father to me after my parents got divorced."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The founder of a discipline or science.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Albert Einstein is the father of modern physics."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Something inanimate that begets.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A senator of Ancient Rome.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "granddaddy",
          "mother"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "child",
          "daughter",
          "son",
          "mother"
        ]
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To be a father to; to sire.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To give rise to.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To act as a father; to support and nurture.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To provide with a father.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To adopt as one's own.",
            "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/father"
    ]
  }
]