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  {
    "word": "first",
    "phonetic": "/f\u026arst/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/f\u026arst/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/f\u025c\u02d0st/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/f\u025dst/",
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        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=195881",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "The person or thing in the first position.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He was the first to complete the course."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The first gear of an engine.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "This is a first. For once he has nothing to say."
          },
          {
            "definition": "First base",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "There was a close play at first."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A first-class honours degree.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A first-edition copy of some publication.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A fraction of an integer ending in one.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "one forty-first of the estate"
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I was the first runner to reach the finish line, and won the race."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Before anything else; firstly.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Clean the sink first, before you even think of starting to cook."
          },
          {
            "definition": "For the first time;",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I first witnessed a death when I was nine years old."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
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      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
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    ]
  },
  {
    "word": "first",
    "phonetic": "/f\u026arst/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/f\u026arst/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/f\u025c\u02d0st/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/f\u025dst/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/first-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=195881",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Time; time granted; respite.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
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    ]
  }
]