[
  {
    "word": "govern",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8\u0261\u028cv\u0259n/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8\u0261\u028cv\u0259n/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8\u0261\u028cv\u025an/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/govern-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1769686",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "The act of governing",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The old king governed the land wisely."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Govern yourselves like civilized people."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Chance governs the outcome of many card games."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a valve that governs fuel intake"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To exercise political authority; to run a government.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To have or exercise a determining influence.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(grammar) To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.",
            "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/govern"
    ]
  }
]