[
  {
    "word": "instance",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8\u026anst\u0259ns/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8\u026anst\u0259ns/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/instance-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1243865",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Urgency of manner or words; an urgent request; insistence.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A token; a sign; a symptom or indication.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "It sends some precious instance of itself/ After the thing it loves. Hamlet IV. v. ca. 1602"
          },
          {
            "definition": "That which is urgent; motive.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Occasion; order of occurrence.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "One of a series of recurring occasions, cases, essentially the same.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A piece of evidence; a proof or sign (of something).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A specific occurrence of something that is created or instantiated, such as a database, or an object of a class in object-oriented programming.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(massively multiplayer online games) A dungeon or other area that is duplicated for each player, or each party of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a private copy of the area, isolated from other players.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(massively multiplayer online games) An individual copy of such a dungeon or other area.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To cite an example as proof; to exemplify.",
            "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/instance"
    ]
  }
]