[
  {
    "word": "principle",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8p\u0279\u026ans\u0259p\u0259l/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8p\u0279\u026ans\u0259p\u0259l/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/principle-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1547655",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A fundamental assumption or guiding belief.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "We need some sort of principles to reason from."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A rule used to choose among solutions to a problem.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The principle of least privilege holds that a process should only receive the permissions it needs."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(sometimes pluralized) Moral rule or aspect.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I don't doubt your principles."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A rule or law of nature, or the basic idea on how the laws of nature are applied.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Bernoulli's Principle"
          },
          {
            "definition": "A fundamental essence, particularly one producing a given quality.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Many believe that life is the result of some vital principle."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A beginning.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An original faculty or endowment.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "tenet"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To equip with principles; to establish, or fix, in certain principles; to impress with any tenet or rule of conduct.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/principle"
    ]
  }
]