[
  {
    "word": "thing",
    "phonetic": "/\u03b8\u026a\u014b/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u03b8\u026a\u014b/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/thing-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=252404"
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An individual object or distinct entity.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A genuine concept, entity or phenomenon; something that actually exists (often contrary to expectation or belief).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Bacon pie? Is that a thing?"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Whatever can be owned.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Corporeal object.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(somewhat obsolete, with the) The latest fad or fashion.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(in the plural) Clothes, possessions or equipment.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Hold on, let me just grab my things."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A unit or container, usually containing edible goods.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "get me a thing of apple juice at the store;\u00a0 I just ate a whole thing of jelly beans"
          },
          {
            "definition": "A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The car looks cheap, but the thing is, I have doubts about its safety."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A penis.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A living being or creature.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "you poor thing;\u00a0 she's a funny old thing, but her heart's in the right place;\u00a0 I met a pretty blond thing at the bar"
          },
          {
            "definition": "That which matters; the crux.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "that's the thing: we don't know where he went;\u00a0 the thing is, I don't have any money"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Used after a noun to refer dismissively to the situation surrounding the noun's referent.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Oh yeah, I'm supposed to promote that vision thing."
          },
          {
            "definition": "That which is favoured; personal preference. (Used in possessive constructions.)",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A romantic relationship.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "item",
          "stuff",
          "uncountable",
          "yoke"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To express as a thing; to reify.",
            "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/thing"
    ]
  }
]