[
  {
    "word": "private",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8p\u0279a\u026av\u0259t/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8p\u0279a\u026av\u0259t/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/private-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1140067",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A soldier of the lowest rank in the army.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A doctor working in privately rather than publicly funded health care.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(in the plural) The genitals.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Personal interest; particular business.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Privacy; retirement.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "One not invested with a public office.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(usually in the plural) A private lesson.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "If you want to learn ballet, consider taking privates."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "bit",
          "private parts"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Her address is private; you can't have it."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Not accessible by the public.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "private property"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Not in governmental office or employment.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He quit public life, living quietly as a private citizen."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Not publicly known; not open; secret.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The identity of the beneficiaries of the trust is private."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Protected from view or disturbance by others; secluded.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Can we go somewhere more private?"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Not traded by the public.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "private corporation"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Secretive; reserved.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He is a very private person."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(of a room in a medical facility) Not shared with another patient.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Accessible only to the class itself or instances of it, and not to other classes or even subclasses.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "secret",
          "personal",
          "secluded"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "public"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/private"
    ]
  }
]