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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circumstance

UK /ˈsɜːkəmst(ə)ns/ · US /ˈsɝ.kəmˌstæns/ noun, verb

Forms circumstances circumstancing circumstanced circumstaunce

  1. noun Something which is related to, or in some way affects, a fact or event. “The report should focus on to the current circumstances of the organisation, to help us find a way to grow in the future.”
  2. noun An event; a fact; a particular incident, occurrence, or condition (status).
  3. noun (archaic) Evasive or indirect language; circumlocution.
  4. noun Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property; situation; surroundings. “She was born into comfortable circumstances.”
  5. verb To place in a particular situation, especially with regard to money or other resources.

Synonyms

position posture context setting condition consideration

Etymology

From Middle English circumstaunce, from Old French circonstance, from Latin circumstantia.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things.
  2. noun An event; a fact; a particular incident.
  3. verb To place in a particular situation; to suppy relative incidents.

Etymology [L. circumstantia, fr. circumstans, -antis, p. pr. of circumstare to stand around; circum + stare to stand. See Stand.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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