[{"word":"protasis","phonetic":"/ˈpɹɒtəsɪs/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈpɹɒtəsɪs/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The first part of a play, in which the setting and characters are introduced","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(grammar) the antecedent in a conditional sentence","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"In \"I will be coming if this weather holds up\", \"this weather holds up\" is the protasis"}],"synonyms":["antecedent","conditional","hypothesis"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/protasis"]}]