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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affiliate

/əˈfɪl.i.ət/ noun, verb

Forms affiliates affiliating affiliated

  1. noun Someone or something, especially, a television station, that is associated with a larger, related organization, such as a television network; a member of a group of associated things. “Our local TV channel is an affiliate of NBC.”
  2. verb (transitive) To adopt; to receive into a family as one's offspring
  3. verb (transitive) to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
  4. verb (transitive, said of an illegitimate child) To fix the paternity of “to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another”
  5. verb (transitive) To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
  6. verb (intransitive, followed by "to" or "with") To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.

Synonyms

consort associate assort

Etymology

From Medieval Latin affīliātus, the passive past participle of Late Latin adfīliō, affīliō (“to adopt as son”), from ad- + fīlius + -ō. Equivalent to Latin affīliō + -ate. Compare French affilié (noun).

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
  2. verb To fix the paternity of; --said of an illegitimate child; as, to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another.
  3. verb To connect or associate one's self; --followed by with; as, they affiliate with no party.

Etymology [LL. adfiliare, affiliare, to adopt as son; ad + filius son: cf. F. affilier.]

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