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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defence

/dɪˈfɛns/ noun, verb

Also a form of defense

Forms defences defencing defenced defense

  1. noun The action of defending, of protecting from attack, danger or injury.
  2. noun Something used to oppose attacks.
  3. noun An argument in support or justification of something.
  4. noun (team sports) A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence.
  5. noun (team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence.
  6. noun Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military. “Department of Defence”
  7. noun (obsolete) Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.
  8. verb (obsolete, transitive) To furnish with defences; to fortify.

Synonyms

defense mechanism defense reaction defence mechanism defence reaction defense defending team defense team defense lawyers defense force defence force refutation vindication defensive structure denial demurrer defensive measure

Antonyms

offence offense

Etymology

From Middle English defens, defense, from Old French defens, defense, from Late Latin dēfēnsa (“protection”). Displaced Old English bewering.

From Middle English defencen, defensen, from Old French defenser or its etymon, Latin dēfēnsō.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun See Defense.
  2. noun The act of defending, or the state of being defended; protection, as from violence or danger.
  3. noun That which defends or protects; anything employed to oppose attack, ward off violence or danger, or maintain security; a guard; a protection.

Etymology [F. défense, OF. defense, fem., defens, masc., fr. L. defensa (cf. Fence.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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