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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commend

/kəˈmɛnd/ verb, noun

Forms commends commending commended

  1. verb (transitive) To congratulate or reward. “The schoolboy was commended for raising the alarm about the burning building.”
  2. verb (transitive) To praise or acclaim. “The new law has little to commend it: it even worsens the legal certainty of the nation.”
  3. verb (transitive) To entrust or commit to the care of someone else. “After being imprisoned, I had to commend my kids to my mom's safekeeping.”
  4. verb (transitive) To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and goodwill; give regards from
  5. verb (transitive) To recommend.
  6. verb (transitive, dated) To adorn; to set off.
  7. noun (obsolete) Commendation; praise.
  8. noun (obsolete, in the plural) Compliments; greetings.

Synonyms

felicitate take one's hat off to exalt extol laud aggrandize applaud enthrone appraise belaud bepraise cry up eulogize glorify honor idolize lionize magnify panegyrize praise recommend remember

Etymology

From Middle English commenden, from Old French comender, from Latin commendō (“commend, entrust to, commit, recommend”), from com- + mandō (“to commit, intrust, enjoin”), from manus (“hand”) + dō (“to put”). Doublet of command.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To commit, intrust, or give in charge for care or preservation.
  2. verb To recommend as worthy of confidence or regard; to present as worthy of notice or favorable attention.
  3. noun Commendation; praise. [Obs.]
  4. noun pl.

Etymology [L. commendare; com- + mandare to intrust to one's charge, enjoin, command. Cf. Command, Mandate.]

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

Sanskrit

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