[
  {
    "word": "hesitate",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8h\u025bz\u026ate\u026at/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8h\u025bz\u026ate\u026at/",
        "audio": ""
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To stammer; to falter in speaking.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "balbucinate",
          "balbutiate",
          "falter",
          "haw",
          "hem",
          "stammer",
          "stutter",
          "demur",
          "falter",
          "mammer",
          "scruple",
          "waver",
          "falter"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hesitate"
    ]
  }
]