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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contend

/kənˈtɛnd/ verb

Forms contends contending contended

  1. verb (intransitive) To be in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
  2. verb (intransitive) To struggle or exert oneself to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.
  3. verb (intransitive) To be in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
  4. verb (intransitive) To believe (something is reasonable) and argue (for it); to advocate. “In this paper the author contends that no useful results can be obtained if this method is used.”
  5. verb To try to cope with a difficulty or problem. [with with]

Synonyms

fight combat vie oppose struggle strive emulate contest litigate dispute debate assert aver submit postulate argue fence repugn cope get by make out make do grapple deal manage compete

Etymology

From Middle English contenden, borrowed from Old French contendre, from Latin contendere (“to stretch out, extend, strive after, contend”), from com- (“together”) + tendere (“to stretch”); see tend, and compare attend, extend, intend, subtend.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
  2. verb To struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.
  3. verb To struggle for; to contest. [R.]

Etymology [OF. contendre, L. contendere, -tentum; con- + tendere to strech. See Tend.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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