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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discovery

/dɪˈskʌv.ɹi/ noun

Forms discoveries discoverie

  1. noun Something discovered. “This latest discovery should eventually lead to much better treatments for disease.”
  2. noun (uncountable) The discovering of new things. “The purpose of the voyage was discovery.”
  3. noun (countable, archaic) An act of uncovering or revealing something; a revelation.
  4. noun (law, uncountable) A pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered. “The prosecution moved to suppress certain items turned up during discovery.”
  5. noun (law, uncountable) Materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered. “The defense argued that the plaintiff's discovery was inadequate.”
  6. noun (chess) A discovered attack.

Synonyms

find uncovering breakthrough

Etymology

from discover + -ery, on the pattern of the pair recover, recovery. Displaced native Old English onfundennes.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot.
  2. noun A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his assets.

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

Sanskrit

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