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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denial

/dɪˈnaɪ.əl/ noun

Forms denials

  1. noun An assertion of untruth. “The singer has issued a sweeping denial of all the rumors.”
  2. noun (logic) The negation in logic. “The denial of "There might be X" is the null, "False, there is no X."”
  3. noun A refusal or failure to provide or grant something that is requested or desired. “The denial of medical treatment to those who cannot afford to pay is scandalous.”
  4. noun Refusal to believe that a problem exists. “We couldn't break through his denial about being alcoholic.”
  5. noun Refusal to admit responsibility for wrongdoing.
  6. noun Negationism, denialism of historical facts or accepted interpretation.
  7. noun (psychology) A defense mechanism involving a refusal to accept the truth of a phenomenon or prospect. “He is in denial that he has a drinking problem.”
  8. noun A disownment or disavowal “The denial of Jesus by Peter.”

Synonyms

nonassent refusal rejection abnegation declination turndown disapproval dissension nonapproval nonconsent prohibition renunciation repudiation unapproval unconsent disaffirmation self-abnegation self-denial self-renunciation defense defence demurrer

Etymology

See Deny.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; --the contrary of affirmation.
  2. noun A refusal to admit the truth of a statement, charge, imputation, etc.; assertion of the untruth of a thing stated or maintained; a contradiction.

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

Sanskrit

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

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