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.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

agency

/ˈeɪ.d͡ʒən.si/ noun

Forms agencies

  1. noun The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power.
  2. noun (sociology, philosophy, psychology) The capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices. “moral agency”
  3. noun A medium through which power is exerted or an end is achieved.
  4. noun The office or function of an agent; also, the relationship between a principal and that person's agent. “authority of agency”
  5. noun An establishment engaged in doing business for another; also, the place of business or the district of such an agency.
  6. noun A department or other administrative unit of a government; also, the office or headquarters of, or the district administered by, such unit of government. “Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry”

Synonyms

action activity operation instrumentality means management organ service agent agentship cause device force function power federal agency government agency bureau office authority representation delegacy way

Antonyms

nonagency

Etymology

From Medieval Latin agentia, from Latin agēns (present participle of agere (“to act”)), agentis (cognate with French agence, see also agent).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality.
  2. noun The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of another.

Etymology [agentia, fr. L. agens, agentis: cf. F. agence. See Agent.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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