[
  {
    "word": "official",
    "phonetic": "/\u0259\u02c8f\u026a\u0283\u0259l/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u0259\u02c8f\u026a\u0283\u0259l/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/official-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=830159",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "An office holder invested with powers and authorities.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "David Barnes was the official charged with the running of the sports club."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A person responsible for applying the rules of a game or sport in a competition.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "In most soccer games there are three officials: the referee and two linesmen."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Of or pertaining to an office or public trust.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "official duties"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "an official statement or report"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Approved by authority; authorized.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The Official Strategy Guide"
          },
          {
            "definition": "(pharmaceutical) Sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "an official drug or preparation"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Discharging an office or function.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "True, real, beyond doubt.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Well, it's official: you lost your mind!"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Listen in a national pharmacopeia.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": [
          "unofficial"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/official"
    ]
  }
]