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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coordinate

UK /kəʊˈɔː.dɪ.nɪt/ · US /koʊˈɔɹ.də.nɪt/ adjective, noun, verb

Forms coordinates coordinating coordinated co-ordinate

  1. adjective Of the same rank; equal. “two coordinate terms”
  2. noun (mathematics, cartography, astronomy, geography) A number representing the position of a point along a line, arc, or similar one-dimensional figure. “Give me your coordinates and we'll come and rescue you.”
  3. noun Something that is equal to another thing.
  4. noun (humorous, in the plural) Coordinated clothes.
  5. verb (transitive) To place in the same order or rank.
  6. verb (ambitransitive) To synchronize (activities). “It can be difficult to coordinate movement of both legs after an operation.”
  7. verb (ambitransitive) To match (objects, especially clothes). “The outfit you're wearing doesn't coordinate.”
  8. verb Dated spelling of coordinate.

Synonyms

co-ordinate organize organise align ordinate

Antonyms

subordinate

Etymology

From Medieval Latin coōrdinātus, perfect passive participle of coōrdinō (“arrange together”), from co- + ōrdinō, equivalent to co- + ordinate. See -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more. See also ordain and ordinate.

From a substantivation of the above adjective, see Etymology 1 and -ate (noun-forming suffix) for more. Compare French coordonné.

From Medieval Latin coōrdinātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more. Compare French coordonner.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Equal in rank or order; not subordinate.
  2. verb To make coördinate; to put in the same order or rank; as, to coördinate ideas in classification.
  3. verb To give a common action, movement, or condition to; to regulate and combine so as to produce harmonious action; to adjust; to harmonize; as, to coördinate muscular movements.
  4. noun A thing of the same rank with another thing; one two or more persons or things of equal rank, authority, or importance.

Etymology [Pref. co- + L. ordinatus, p.p. of ordinare to regulate. See Ordain.]

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