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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constitution

UK /ˌkɒn.stɪˈtjuː.ʃ(ə)n/ · US /ˌkɑn.stɪˈtu.ʃ(ə)n/ noun, proper noun

Forms constitutions the Constitution

  1. noun The act, or process of setting something up, or establishing something; the composition or structure of such a thing; its makeup.
  2. noun (government) The formal or informal system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government or other institutions.
  3. noun (law) A legal document describing such a formal system.
  4. noun (Catholicism) A document issued by a religious authority serving to promulgate some particular church laws or doctrines.
  5. noun A person's physical makeup or temperament, especially in respect of robustness. “He has a strong constitution, so he should make a quick recovery from the illness.”
  6. noun (dated) The general health of a person.
  7. proper noun (law) The supreme law of some countries, such as Australia, Ireland, and the United States. “The Constitution is anchored in English liberal thought and the Magna Carta.”

Synonyms

configuration form arrangement composition format makeup structure fundamental law organic law establishment formation organization organisation United States Constitution U.S. Constitution US Constitution Constitution of the United States physical composition make-up Old Ironsides

Etymology

From Middle English constitucioun, constitucion (“edict, law, ordinance, regulation, rule, statute; body of laws or rules, or customs; body of fundamental principles; principle or rule (of science); creation”) from Old French constitucion (modern French constitution), a learned borrowing from Latin cōnstitūtiō, cōnstitūtiōnem (“character, constitution, disposition, nature; definition; point in dispute; order, regulation; arrangement, system”), from cōnstituō (“to establish, set up; to confirm; to decide, resolve”). Equivalent to constitute + -ion.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act or process of constituting; the action of enacting, establishing, or appointing; enactment; establishment; formation.
  2. noun The state of being; that form of being, or structure and connection of parts, which constitutes and characterizes a system or body; natural condition; structure; texture; conformation.

Etymology [F. constitution, L. constitute.]

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

Sanskrit

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