[
  {
    "word": "parallel",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8p\u00e6\u0279\u0259\u02ccl\u025bl/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8p\u00e6\u0279\u0259\u02ccl\u025bl/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/parallel-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22249523",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 4.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "One of a set of parallel lines.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Direction conformable to that of another line.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A line of latitude.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The 31st parallel passes through the center of my town."
          },
          {
            "definition": "An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Something identical or similar in essential respects.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Johnson's parallel between Dryden and Pope"
          },
          {
            "definition": "One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines, used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": [
          "perpendicular",
          "skew"
        ]
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To construct or place something parallel to something else.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Of a path etc: To be parallel to something else.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Of a process etc: To be analogous to something else.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To compare or liken something to something else.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, etc.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To equal; to match; to correspond to.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To produce or adduce as a parallel.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Equally distant from one another at all points.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The horizontal lines on my notebook paper are parallel."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with \"to\".",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The two railway lines are parallel."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(hyperbolic geometry, said of a pair of lines) Either not intersecting, or coinciding.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a parallel algorithm"
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": [
          "perpendicular",
          "skew",
          "serial"
        ]
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "With a parallel relationship.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The road runs parallel to the canal."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/parallel"
    ]
  }
]