[
  {
    "word": "old",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8\u0252\u028ald/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8\u0252\u028ald/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/old-uk.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9023287",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY 3.0 US",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us"
        }
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8o\u028ald/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/old-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=711187",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "(with the, invariable plural only) People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "A civilised society should always look after the old in the community."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(in combination) One of a specified age.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "when he was an eight-year-old ; a 62-year-old should"
          },
          {
            "definition": "A person older than oneself, especially an adult in relation to a teenager.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(most often plural) One's parents.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I had to sneak out to meet my girlfriend and tell the olds I was going to the library."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "an old abandoned building;\u2003 an old friend"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Having been used and thus no longer new or unused.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I find that an old toothbrush is good to clean the keyboard with."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Having existed or lived for the specified time.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "How old are they? She\u2019s five years old and he's seven. We also have a young teen and a two-year-old child."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(heading) Of an earlier time.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Tiresome after prolonged repetition.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Your constant pestering is getting old."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (Mostly in idioms like good old, big old and little old, any old and some old.)",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "We're having a good old time.\u2003My next car will be a big old SUV.\u2003 My wife makes the best little old apple pie in Texas."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Excessive, abundant.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "erstwhile",
          "ex-",
          "former",
          "one-time",
          "past",
          "ancient",
          "long in the tooth",
          "aged",
          "of age",
          "aged",
          "ageing",
          "aging",
          "elderly",
          "long in the tooth",
          "on in years",
          "antiquated",
          "obsolete",
          "outdated"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "current",
          "latest",
          "new",
          "brand new",
          "fresh",
          "new",
          "young"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/old"
    ]
  }
]