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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default

UK /dɪˈfɒlt/ · US /dɪˈfɔlt/ noun, verb

Forms defaults defaulting defaulted

  1. noun (finance) The condition of failing to meet an obligation. “He failed to make payments on time, and he is now in default.”
  2. noun (finance) The condition of being an obligation that has not been met. “The deadline has passed, so the debt is now in default.”
  3. noun (electronics, computing) the original software programming settings as set by the factory
  4. noun A loss incurred by failing to compete. “The team's three losses include one default.”
  5. noun A selection made in the absence of an alternative. “The man became the leader of the group as a default.”
  6. noun (often attributive) A value used when none has been given; a tentative value or standard that is presumed. “If you don't specify a number of items, the default is 1.”
  7. noun (law) The failure of a defendant to appear and answer a summons and complaint.
  8. noun (obsolete) A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires. “This evil has happened through the governor's default.”
  9. verb (intransitive, law) To fail to appear and answer a summons and complaint.
  10. verb (intransitive, finance) To fail to fulfill a financial obligation. “to default on a loan”
  11. verb (intransitive) To lose a competition by failing to compete. “If you refuse to wear a proper uniform, you will not be allowed to compete and will default this match.”
  12. verb (ambitransitive, computing) To assume a value when none was given; to presume a tentative value or standard. “If you don't specify a color, it defaults to red.”

Synonyms

forfeit nonpayment nonremittal default option default on

Antonyms

pay up

Etymology

From Middle English defaut, defaute, from Old French defaute (“fault, defect, failure, culpability, lack”), ultimately from Latin de- (“away”) + fallo (“deceive, cheat, escape notice of”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do whaas, this evil has happened through the governor's default.
  2. noun Fault; offense; ill deed; wrong act; failure in virtue or wisdom.
  3. verb To fail in duty; to offend.
  4. verb To fail in fulfilling a contract, agreement, or duty.

Etymology [OE. defaute, OF. defaute, defalte, fem., F. défaut, masc., LL. defalta, fr. a verb meaning, to be deficient, to want, fail, fr. L. de- + fallere to deceive. See Fault.]

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

Sanskrit

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