[
  {
    "word": "wait",
    "phonetic": "/we\u026at/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/we\u026at/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/wait-uk.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9028832",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY 3.0 US",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us"
        }
      },
      {
        "text": "/we\u026at/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/wait-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=424778",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A delay.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I had a very long wait at the airport security check."
          },
          {
            "definition": "An ambush.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "They lay in wait for the patrol."
          },
          {
            "definition": "One who watches; a watchman.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(in the plural) Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(in the plural) Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen. [formerly waites, wayghtes.]",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by \u201cwait for\u201d.)",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Wait here until your car arrives."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "She used to wait down at the Dew Drop Inn."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To defer or postpone (especially a meal).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to wait dinner"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To remain chaste while one's lover is unavailable.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "attend",
          "escort",
          "go with",
          "bestand",
          "serve",
          "tend",
          "defer",
          "postpone",
          "await",
          "wait for",
          "hold one's breath",
          "serve",
          "wait on",
          "wait upon"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wait"
    ]
  }
]