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.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

advise

/ədˈvaɪz/ verb

Forms advises advising advised advisest advisedst adviseth advize avise avize

  1. verb (transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed. “The dentist advised me to brush three times a day.”
  2. verb (transitive) To recommend; to offer as advice. “The dentist advised brushing three times a day.”
  3. verb (transitive) To formally give information or notice to; to inform or counsel. [with of ‘what is communicated’] “We were advised of the risk.”
  4. verb (archaic, intransitive) To consider, to deliberate. [with of]
  5. verb (obsolete, transitive) To look at, watch; to see.
  6. verb (obsolete, intransitive) To consult (with). [with with]
  7. verb (Scots law) To deliver judgment after a case has been reserved for further consideration.
  8. verb (transitive, formal) To provide information to a sovereign or head of state which they have previously asked for. “Empress, I advise you that your audience with the Prime Minister is in 15 minutes, ma'am.”

Synonyms

counsel warn inform notify acquaint apprise discuss enlighten impart keep informed let know tell admonish adjure advocate encourage urge exhort prompt recommend rede give notice send word apprize propose suggest

Antonyms

inform

Etymology

From Middle English avisen (“to perceive, consider, inform”), from Old French aviser, from avis, or from Late Latin advisō, from ad + visō. See also advice.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn. "I shall no more advise thee." Milton.
  2. verb To give information or notice to; to inform; --with of before the thing communicated; as, we were advised of the risk. To advise one's self, to bethink one's self; to take counsel with one's self; to reflect; to consider. [Obs.]
  3. verb To consider; to deliberate. [Obs.]
  4. verb To take counsel; to consult; --followed by with; as, to advise with friends.

Etymology [OE. avisen to perceive, consider, inform, F. aviser, fr. LL. advisare. advisare; ad + visare, fr. L. videre, visum, to see. See Advice, and cf. Avise.]

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

Sanskrit

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