[
  {
    "word": "prior",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8p\u0279a\u026a\u025a/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8p\u0279a\u026a\u025a/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/prior-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2651343",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A high-ranking member of a monastery, usually lower in rank than an abbot.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A chief magistrate in Italy.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(law enforcement) A previous arrest or criminal conviction on someone's record.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "In Bayesian inference, a prior probability distribution, one based on information or belief before additional data is collected.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "provost"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Advance; previous; coming before.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I had no prior knowledge you were coming."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Former, previous.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "His prior residence was smaller than his current one."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "anterior"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "posterior"
        ]
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Previously.",
            "synonyms": [
              "ago",
              "hitherto"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The doctor had known three months prior."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "ago",
          "hitherto"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/prior"
    ]
  }
]