Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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worship

UK /ˈwɜː.ʃɪp/ · US /ˈwɝ.ʃɪp/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms worships worshiping worshipping worshiped worshipped wurship

  1. noun The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object. “Polytheistic theology and worship had to go underground.”
  2. noun (Christianity, especially Catholicism) The adoration (or latria) owed to God alone, as greater than the hyperdulia that is given to Saint Mary only and the veneration (or dulia) accorded to all other Roman Catholic saints.
  3. noun (metonymic) The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.
  4. noun (by extension) Voluntary, utter submission; voluntary, utter deference.
  5. noun (also by extension) Ardent love.
  6. noun An object of worship.
  7. noun (chiefly UK) Used as a title or term of address for various officials, including magistrates.
  8. noun (obsolete) Honour; respect; civil deference.
  9. verb (transitive) To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of.
  10. verb (transitive) To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
  11. verb (intransitive) To participate in religious ceremonies. “We worship at the church down the road.”
  12. verb To touch, fondle, or kiss in an intensely sensual way.
  13. noun (UK) A form of address of a mayor and other dignitaries
  14. noun (Canada, archaic) A form of address of a mayor.
  15. proper noun A surname.

Synonyms

praise adoration reverence idolatry adore exalt glorify canoodle grope caress chuckle coax cosset dally dandle dawt faddle feel up fond fondle idolize idolise hero-worship revere

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English worschippe /worthschipe, inherited from Old English weorþsċiepe. Cognate with Scots worschip (“worship”). By surface analysis, wor(th) + -ship.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness. [Obs.] Shak.
  2. noun Honor; respect; civil deference. [Obs.]
  3. verb To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence. [Obsoles.]
  4. verb To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor of; to adore; to venerate.

Etymology [OE. worshipe, wuredhscipe, AS. weoredhscipe; weoredh worth + -scipe -ship. See Worth, a., and -ship.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “worship”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

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