[
  {
    "word": "step",
    "phonetic": "/st\u025bp/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/st\u025bp/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/st\u025bp/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/step-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1158038",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a rung of a ladder.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A distinct part of a process; stage; phase.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He improved step by step, or by steps."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A running board where passengers step to get on and off the bus.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The driver must have a clear view of the step in order to prevent accidents."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "One step is generally about three feet, but may be more or less."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A small space or distance.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "It is but a step."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A gait; manner of walking.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The approach of a man is often known by his step."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Proceeding; measure; action; act.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(plural) A walk; passage.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(plural) A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specifically, a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(machines) One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(machines) A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(kinematics) A change of position effected by a motion of translation.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A constant difference between consecutive values in a series.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Printing from 0 to 9 with a step of 3 will display 0, 3, 6 and 9."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A stepsibling.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "stride"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To walk; to go on foot; especially, to walk a little distance.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to step to one of the neighbors"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To move mentally; to go in imagination.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To set, as the foot.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.",
            "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/step"
    ]
  }
]