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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determine

UK /dɪˈtɜː(ɹ).mɪn/ · US /dɪˈtɝmɪn/ verb

Forms determines determining determined determin

  1. verb To set the boundaries or limits of.
  2. verb To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
  3. verb To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
  4. verb To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to. “The news of his father's illness determined him to depart immediately.”
  5. verb To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide. “The court has determined the cause.”
  6. verb To resolve (to do something); to establish a fixed intention; to cause (something) to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead. “I determined to go home at once.”
  7. verb (logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia.
  8. verb (transitive or intransitive, law, otherwise obsolete) To bring to an end, finish; to come to an end, stop, end.

Synonyms

find judge make a decision choose up decide resolve posken make up one's mind take a decision work out find out ascertain shape mold influence regulate set specify define fix limit settle square off square up check see watch learn

Etymology

From Middle English determinen, from Old French determiner, French déterminer, from Latin determināre (“to bound, limit, prescribe, fix, determine”), from de + termināre (“to limit”), from terminus (“bound, limit, end”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.
  2. verb To set bounds to; to fix the determination of; to limit; to bound; to bring to an end; to finish.
  3. verb To come to an end; to end; to terminate. [Obs.]
  4. verb To come to a decision; to decide; to resolve; --often with on. "Determine on some course." Shak.

Etymology [F. déterminer, L. determinare, determinatum; de + terminare limit, terminus limit. See Term.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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