[
  {
    "word": "late",
    "phonetic": "/le\u026at/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/le\u026at/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/late-uk.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9023187",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY 3.0 US",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us"
        }
      },
      {
        "text": "/le\u026at/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/late-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=876666",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place late in the day or at night.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": [
          "early"
        ]
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Near the end of a period of time.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "It was late in the evening when we finally arrived."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Specifically, near the end of the day.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "It was getting late and I was tired."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(usually not comparable) Associated with the end of a period.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Late Latin is less fully inflected than classical Latin."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Not arriving until after an expected time.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Even though we drove as fast as we could, we were still late."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Not having had an expected menstrual period.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I'm late, honey. Could you buy a test?"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Often used with \"the\"; see usage notes.)",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Her late husband had left her well provided for."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; departed, or gone out of office.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "the late administration"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Recent \u2014 relative to the noun it modifies.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Of a star or class of stars, cooler than the sun.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "After a deadline has passed, past a designated time.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "We drove as fast as we could, but we still arrived late."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Formerly, especially in the context of service in a military unit.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Colonel Easterwood, late of the 34th Carbines, was a guest at the dinner party."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Not long ago; just now.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "erenow",
          "freshly",
          "belatedly"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/late"
    ]
  }
]