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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admission

UK /ædˈmɪʃ.n̩/ · US /ədˈmɪʃən/ noun

Forms admissions

  1. noun The act or practice of admitting.
  2. noun Permission to enter, or the entrance itself; admittance; entrance; access “I request admission for two adults.”
  3. noun The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something asserted; acknowledgement; concession.
  4. noun (law) Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry.
  5. noun A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence
  6. noun (UK, ecclesiastical law) Declaration of the bishop that he approves of the presentee as a fit person to serve the cure of the church to which he is presented.
  7. noun The cost or fee associated with attendance or entry. “There is no way he has seen that show, the admission is more than he makes in a week.”

Synonyms

admittance concession acknowledgment concurrence allowance entrance fee admission charge admission fee admission price price of admission entrance money entree access accession

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin admissio, admissionis; compare French admission. See admit.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act or practice of admitting.
  2. noun Power or permission to enter; admittance; entrance; access; power to approach.

Etymology [L. admissio: cf. F. admission. See Admit.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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