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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contradict

UK /ˌkɒn.tɹəˈdɪkt/ · US /ˌkɑn.tɹəˈdɪkt/ verb

Forms contradicts contradicting contradicted

  1. verb To deny the truth or validity of (a statement or statements). “His testimony contradicts hers.”
  2. verb To oppose (a person) by denying the truth or pertinence of a given statement. “Everything he says contradicts me.”
  3. verb To be contrary to (something).
  4. verb (reflexive) To say things that conflict with each other. “The prime minister contradicted herself during her speech.”
  5. verb (obsolete) To give an order contrary to (another order or wish), oppose (something).
  6. verb (obsolete) To give an order contrary to one given by (another person), oppose or resist (someone).
  7. verb (obsolete) To speak against; to forbid.

Synonyms

contravene disconfirm deny dispute question gainsay refute controvert withspeak belie negate oppose

Etymology

Derived from Latin contrādictus (“contradicted”), the past participle of contrādīcō (“speak against”) (originally two words).

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a statement or a speaker; to impugn.
  2. verb To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist. [Obs.]
  3. verb To oppose in words; to gainsay; to deny, or assert the contrary of, something.

Etymology [L. contradictus, p.p. of contradicere to speak against; contra + dicere to speak. See Diction.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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