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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determination

/dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən/ noun

Forms determinations

  1. noun (countable) The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc. “the determination of the wavelength of light”
  2. noun The act of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents.
  3. noun The addition of a distinguishing feature to a concept or notion, thus limiting its extent.
  4. noun The act of determining the relations of an object, such as genus and species; the referring of minerals, plants, or animals, to the species to which they belong; classification “I am indebted to a friend for the determination of most of these shells.”
  5. noun Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.
  6. noun The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decisive character; resoluteness; fortitude. “Through sheer determination, we managed to escape from the tornado.”
  7. noun (countable) The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy.
  8. noun (countable) That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution. “The tribunal has reached a determination in respect of this matter.”

Synonyms

purpose decision conclusion verdict award censure choice opinion deduction ergotism illation inference judgement/judgment mind result sight take view finding

Antonyms

generalization

Etymology

From Middle English determinacion, determynacioun, from Old French determinacion, from Latin dēterminātiō. Morphologically determine + -ation.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of determining, or the state of being determined.
  2. noun Bringing to an end; termination; limit.

Etymology [L. determinatio boundary, end: cf. F. détermination.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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