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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constant

UK /ˈkɒnstənt/ · US /ˈkɑnstənt/ adjective, noun, proper noun

Forms constants

  1. adjective Unchanged through time or space; permanent.
  2. adjective Consistently recurring over time; persistent.
  3. adjective Steady in purpose, action, feeling, etc.
  4. adjective Firm; solid; not fluid.
  5. adjective (obsolete) Consistent; logical.
  6. adjective (computing, complexity theory) Bounded above by a constant. “constant time   constant space”
  7. noun That which is permanent or invariable.
  8. noun (algebra) A quantity that remains at a fixed value throughout a given discussion or operation.
  9. noun (sciences) Any property of an experiment, determined numerically, that does not change under given circumstances.
  10. noun (computing) An identifier that is bound to an invariant value; a fixed value given a name to aid in readability of source code.
  11. proper noun (rare) A male given name from Latin, feminine equivalent Constance.
  12. proper noun A surname.
  13. proper noun A populated place in Saint George parish, Barbados.

Synonyms

nonchanging amaranthine solid ceaseless continual continuate continuous dreich endless eternal everlasting extended incessant incessive infinite never-ending nonstop ongoing perpetual persistent constant quantity invariable changeless invariant unvarying unceasing unremitting

Antonyms

variable inconstant

Etymology

From Middle English constant, from Old French constant, from Latin constantem, accusative of constans, from cōnstāre (“to stand firm”). Displaced native Old English singal.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Firm; solid; fixed; immovable; --opposed to fluid. [Obs.]
  2. adjective Not liable, or given, to change; permanent; regular; continuous; continually recurring; steadfast; faithful; not fickle.
  3. noun That which is not subject to change; that which is invariable.
  4. noun A quantity that does not change its value; --used in countradistinction variable. Absolute costant (Math.), one whose value is absolutely the same under all cirumstanes, as the number 10, or any numeral.

Etymology [L. onstans, -antis, p.pr. of constare to stand firm, to be consistent; con- + stare to stand: cf.F. constant. See Stand and f. Cost, v. t.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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