[{"word":"authority","phonetic":"/ɔːˈθɒɹəti/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ɔːˈθɒɹəti/","audio":""},{"text":"/əˈθɑɹəti/","audio":"https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/authority-us.mp3","sourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=718896","license":{"name":"BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"}}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The power to enforce rules or give orders.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I have the authority to penalise the staff in my department, but not the authority to sack them."},{"definition":"(used in singular or plural form) Persons in command; specifically, government.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A person accepted as a source of reliable information on a subject.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"the world's foremost authority on orangutans"},{"definition":"Government-owned agency which runs a revenue-generating activity.","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/authority"]}]