[
  {
    "word": "read",
    "phonetic": "/\u0279i\u02d0d/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u0279i\u02d0d/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/read-1-uk.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9028720",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY 3.0 US",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us"
        }
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u0279id/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/read-1-us.ogg",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=112398709"
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A reading or an act of reading, especially an actor's part of a play.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(in combination) Something to be read; a written work.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "His thrillers are always a gripping read."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A person's interpretation or impression of something.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "What's your read of the current political situation?"
          },
          {
            "definition": "An instance of reading.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.",
            "synonyms": [
              "interpret",
              "make out",
              "make sense of",
              "scan",
              "understand"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Have you read this book?"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To speak aloud words or other information that is written. Often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object.",
            "synonyms": [
              "read aloud, read out, read out loud, speak"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "All right, class, who wants to read next?"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To read work(s) written by (a named author).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "At the moment I'm reading Milton."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To interpret, or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I can read his feelings in his face."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To consist of certain text.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "On the door hung a sign that reads \"No admittance\"."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Arabic reads right to left."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To substitute (a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one); used to introduce an emendation of a text.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(usually ironic) Used after a euphemism to introduce the intended, more blunt meaning of a term.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.",
            "synonyms": [
              "copy",
              "hear",
              "receive"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Do you read me?"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To observe and comprehend (a displayed signal)",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "A repeater signal may be used where the track geometry makes the main signal difficult to read from a distance."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(except Scotland) To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks.",
            "synonyms": [
              "learn",
              "study"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I am reading theology at university."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to read a hard disk; to read a port; to read the keyboard"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To think, believe; to consider (that).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To advise; to counsel. See rede.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To tell; to declare; to recite.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To recognise (someone) as being transgender.",
            "synonyms": [
              "clock"
            ],
            "antonyms": [
              "pass"
            ],
            "example": "Every time I go outside, I worry that someone will read me."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To call attention to the flaws of (someone) in either a playful, a taunting, or an insulting way.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "clock",
          "copy",
          "hear",
          "receive",
          "interpret",
          "make out",
          "make sense of",
          "scan",
          "understand",
          "learn",
          "study",
          "read aloud, read out, read out loud, speak"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "pass"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/read"
    ]
  },
  {
    "word": "read",
    "phonetic": "/\u0279\u025bd/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u0279\u025bd/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/read-2-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=330394"
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.",
            "synonyms": [
              "interpret",
              "make out",
              "make sense of",
              "scan",
              "understand"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Have you read this book?"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To speak aloud words or other information that is written. Often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object.",
            "synonyms": [
              "read aloud, read out, read out loud, speak"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "All right, class, who wants to read next?"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To read work(s) written by (a named author).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "At the moment I'm reading Milton."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To interpret, or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I can read his feelings in his face."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To consist of certain text.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "On the door hung a sign that reads \"No admittance\"."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Arabic reads right to left."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To substitute (a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one); used to introduce an emendation of a text.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(usually ironic) Used after a euphemism to introduce the intended, more blunt meaning of a term.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.",
            "synonyms": [
              "copy",
              "hear",
              "receive"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Do you read me?"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To observe and comprehend (a displayed signal)",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "A repeater signal may be used where the track geometry makes the main signal difficult to read from a distance."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(except Scotland) To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks.",
            "synonyms": [
              "learn",
              "study"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I am reading theology at university."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to read a hard disk; to read a port; to read the keyboard"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To think, believe; to consider (that).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To advise; to counsel. See rede.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To tell; to declare; to recite.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To recognise (someone) as being transgender.",
            "synonyms": [
              "clock"
            ],
            "antonyms": [
              "pass"
            ],
            "example": "Every time I go outside, I worry that someone will read me."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To call attention to the flaws of (someone) in either a playful, a taunting, or an insulting way.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "clock",
          "copy",
          "hear",
          "receive",
          "interpret",
          "make out",
          "make sense of",
          "scan",
          "understand",
          "learn",
          "study",
          "read aloud, read out, read out loud, speak"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "pass"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/read"
    ]
  }
]