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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adjustment

/əˈd͡ʒʌst.mənt/ noun

Forms adjustments

  1. noun The action of adjusting something.
  2. noun The result of adjusting something; a small change; a minor correction; a modification or alteration.
  3. noun The settling or balancing of a financial account. “The credit card company made an adjustment to my account to waive the late fee.”
  4. noun The behavioral process of balancing conflicting needs, or needs against obstacles in the environment. “When Jim graduated, he found adjustment to the working world difficult.”
  5. noun The assessment, by an insurance company, of a claim; the settlement of such a claim.

Synonyms

change correction modification accommodation fitting alteration registration readjustment adaptation adaption allowance

Etymology

From French ajustement, or else adjust + -ment.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation.
  2. noun Settlement of claims; an equitable arrangement of conflicting claims, as in set-off, contribution, exoneration, subrogation, and marshaling. Bispham.

Etymology [Cf. F. ajustement. See Adjust.]

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

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “adjustment” (best matches first).