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.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

deterrence

UK /dɪˈtɛɹəns/ · US /dɪˈtɝɹəns/ noun

Forms deterrences

  1. noun The act of deterring, or the state of being deterred. “The policy relies on nuclear deterrence.”
  2. noun An action taken by states or alliances of nations against equally powerful alliances to prevent hostile action. “policy of deterrence”
  3. noun The art of producing in one's enemy the fear of attacking.
  4. noun (specifically) Nuclear deterrence: discouraging nuclear attack through the threat of nuclear retaliation.
  5. noun The action of discouraging an action or event by instilling doubt or fear of the penalty or punishment.

Synonyms

intimidation dissuasion disincentive determent

Etymology

From the stem of deterrent + -ence.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun That which deters; a deterrent; a hindrance. [R.]

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