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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dilute

UK /daɪˈljuːt/ · US /daɪˈlut/ verb, adjective, noun

Forms dilutes diluting diluted

  1. verb (transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
  2. verb (transitive) To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
  3. verb (transitive, stock market) To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
  4. verb (intransitive) To become attenuated, thin, or weak. “It dilutes easily.”
  5. adjective Having a low concentration. “Clean the panel with a dilute, neutral cleaner.”
  6. adjective Weak; reduced in strength by dilution; diluted.
  7. adjective Of an animal: having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual. “a dilute calico”
  8. noun An animal having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.

Synonyms

abase dash sophisticate adulter adulterate adulterize alloy balderdash corrupt bastardize embase thin thin out reduce cut load stretch debase diluted

Antonyms

condense concentrate

Etymology

From Latin dīlūtus, from dīluere (“to wash away, dissolve, cause to melt, dilute”), from dī-, dis- (“away, apart”) + luere (“to wash”). See lave, and compare deluge.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To make thinner or more liquid by admixture with something; to thin and dissolve by mixing.
  2. verb To diminish the strength, flavor, color, etc., of, by mixing; to reduce, especially by the addition of water; to temper; to attenuate; to weaken.
  3. verb To become attenuated, thin, or weak; as, it dilutes easily.
  4. adjective Diluted; thin; weak.

Etymology [L. dilutus, p. p. of diluere to wash away, dilute; di- = dis- + luere, equiv. to lavare to wash, lave. See Lave, and cf. Deluge.]

Etymology [L. dilutus, p. p.]

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