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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desire

UK /dɪˈzaɪə/ · US /dɪˈzaɪɹ/ verb, noun

Forms desires desiring desired desirest desiredst desireth

  1. verb To want; to wish for earnestly. “I desire to speak with you.”
  2. verb To put a request to (someone); to entreat.
  3. verb To want emotionally or sexually. “She has desired him since they first met.”
  4. verb To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.
  5. verb To require; to demand; to claim.
  6. verb To miss; to regret.
  7. noun (uncountable) The feeling of desiring; an eager longing for something. “Too much desire can seriously affect one’s judgement.”
  8. noun (countable) Someone or something wished for. “It is my desire to speak with you.”
  9. noun (uncountable) Strong attraction, particularly romantic or sexual. “His desire for her kept him awake at night.”
  10. noun (uncountable) Motivation.

Synonyms

pleasure mind wanna want-to ambition appetite appetition aspiration avidity cacoethes concupiscence craving cupidity dream fondness hankering hope hunger idea keenness want trust

Antonyms

apathy contempt disinterest distaste hatred

Etymology

From Middle English desir, desire (noun) and desiren (verb), from Old French desirer, desirrer, from Latin dēsīderō (“to long for, desire, feel the want of, miss, regret”), apparently from de- + sidus (in the phrase de sidere, "from the stars") in connection with astrological hopes. Compare consider and desiderate. The verb, along with Old Norse derived want (verb), has mostly replaced native will in modern English.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.
  2. verb To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.
  3. noun The natural longing that is excited by the enjoyment or the thought of any good, and impels to action or effort its continuance or possession; an eager wish to obtain or enjoy.
  4. noun An expressed wish; a request; petition.

Etymology [F. désirer, L. desiderare, origin uncertain, perh. fr. de- + sidus star, constellation, and hence orig., to turn the eyes from the stars. Cf. Consider, and Desiderate, and see Sidereal.]

Etymology [F. désir, fr. désirer. See Desire, v. t.]

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

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