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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degradation

/ˌdɛɡɹəˈdeɪʃən/ noun

Forms degradations

  1. noun The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society
  2. noun The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement.
  3. noun Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration.
  4. noun (geology) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc.
  5. noun A deleterious change in the chemical structure, physical properties or appearance of a material from natural or artificial exposure.
  6. noun The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.
  7. noun Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole. “muscle degradation”
  8. noun The gradual breakdown of components of a material, as a result of a natural element, i.e.: heat, cold and wind.

Synonyms

abasement debauchment depravement perversion adulteration corruption debasement defilement depravation impurification pollution profanation worsening aggravation degeneration deterioration devolution embasement exacerbation ruining abjection

Etymology

From French dégradation. Morphologically degrade + -ation.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society; diminution; as, the degradation of a peer, a knight, a general, or a bishop.
  2. noun The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement.

Etymology [LL. degradatio, from degradare: cf. F. dégradation. See Degrade.]

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

Sanskrit

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