[{"word":"proliferation","phonetic":"/pɹəˌlɪfəˈɹeɪʃən/","phonetics":[{"text":"/pɹəˌlɪfəˈɹeɪʃən/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The act of increasing or rising; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The result of building up; buildup, accretion.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The spread of biochemical, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction to countries not originally involved in developing them.","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/proliferation"]}]