[
  {
    "word": "reason",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8\u0279i\u02d0z\u0259n/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8\u0279i\u02d0z\u0259n/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/reason-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=830137",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A cause:",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Mankind should develop reason above all other virtues."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Ratio; proportion.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "motive",
          "rationale",
          "cause",
          "excuse"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To converse; to compare opinions.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I reasoned the matter with my friend."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To support with reasons, as a request.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To persuade by reasoning or argument.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to reason one into a belief; to reason one out of his plan"
          },
          {
            "definition": "(with down) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to reason down a passion"
          },
          {
            "definition": "(usually with out) To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon"
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reason"
    ]
  }
]