[
  {
    "word": "lecture",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8l\u025bk.t\u0361\u0283\u0259/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8l\u025bk.t\u0361\u0283\u0259/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8l\u025bk.t\u0361\u0283\u025a/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/lecture-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1780192",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "During class today the professor delivered an interesting lecture."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(by extension) a class that primarily consists of a (weekly or other regularly held) lecture (as in sense 1) [usually at college or university]",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Lecture notes are online."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A berating or scolding.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I really don't want you to give me a lecture about my bad eating habits."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The act of reading.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "the lecture of Holy Scripture"
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To teach (somebody) by giving a speech on a given topic.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The professor lectured to two classes this morning."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To preach, to berate, to scold.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Emily's father lectured her about the importance of being home before midnight."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lecture"
    ]
  }
]