[{"word":"chaperone","phonetic":"/ˈʃæ.pəˌɹoʊn/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈʃæ.pəˌɹoʊn/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A protein that assists the non-covalent folding/unfolding and the assembly/disassembly of other macromolecular structures, but does not occur in these structures when the latter are performing their normal biological functions.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To act as a chaperone.","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/chaperone"]}]