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

commencement

/kəˈmɛnsmənt/ noun

Forms commencements

  1. noun The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; the beginning. “The time of Henry VII nearly coincides with the commencement of what is termed modern history.”
  2. noun (education) The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.
  3. noun (education) A graduation ceremony, from a school, college or university. Sometimes before the actual graduation.

Synonyms

rise origin beginning start dawn first outset get-go kickoff starting time showtime offset commencement exercise commencement ceremony graduation graduation exercise

Etymology

From French commencement; analyzable as commence + -ment.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginnig; start.
  2. noun The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.

Etymology [F. comencement.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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