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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dimension

UK /daɪˈmɛn.ʃən/ · US /dɪˈmɛn.ʃən/ noun, verb

Forms dimensions dimensioning dimensioned

  1. noun A single aspect of a given thing. “This film can be enjoyed on many dimensions - the script is great, the acting is realistic, and the special effects will simply take you aback.”
  2. noun A measure of spatial extent in a particular direction, such as height, width or breadth, or depth.
  3. noun A construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished.
  4. noun (geometry) The number of independent coordinates needed to specify uniquely the location of a point in a space; also, any of such independent coordinates.
  5. noun (linear algebra) The number of elements of any basis of a vector space.
  6. noun (physics) One of the physical properties that are regarded as fundamental measures of a physical quantity, such as mass, length and time. “The dimension of velocity is length divided by time.”
  7. noun (computing) Any of the independent ranges of indices in a multidimensional array.
  8. noun (science fiction, fantasy) A universe or plane of existence. “a machine that lets you travel to a parallel dimension.”
  9. verb (transitive) To mark, cut or shape something to specified dimensions.
  10. verb (transitive, programming) To specify the size of (an array or similar data structure); to allocate.

Synonyms

aspect magnitude proportion size scope construct whereby objects individuals can be distinguished property attribute

Etymology

L. dimensio, fr. dimensus, p. p. of dimetiri to measure out; di- = dis- + metiri to measure: cf. F. dimension. See Measure.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; --usually, in the plural, measure in length and breadth, or in length, breadth, and thickness; extent; size; as, the dimensions of a room, or of a ship; the dimensions of a farm, of a kingdom.
  2. noun Extent; reach; scope; importance; as, a project of large dimensions.

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

Sanskrit

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