[
  {
    "word": "strict",
    "phonetic": "/st\u0279\u026akt/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/st\u0279\u026akt/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/strict-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2101146",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Strained; drawn close; tight.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "strict embrace"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Tense; not relaxed.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "strict fiber"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to keep strict watch"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "very strict in observing the Sabbath"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to understand words in a strict sense"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Upright, or straight and narrow; \u2014 said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Severe in discipline.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "It was a very strict lesson."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": [
          "lax",
          "lenient",
          "permissive"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/strict"
    ]
  }
]