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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disjoint

/dɪsˈd͡ʒɔɪnt/ adjective, verb

Forms disjoints disjointing disjointed

  1. adjective Not smooth or continuous; disjointed.
  2. adjective (set theory, not comparable) Of two or more sets, having no members in common; having an intersection equal to the empty set.
  3. adjective (algebra, not comparable) Of two or more elements in a lattice, having a meet equal to the bottom element.
  4. verb To render disjoint; to remove a connection, linkage, or intersection.
  5. verb To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent.
  6. verb (obsolete) To fall into pieces.

Synonyms

disarticulate unjoin disassemble take apart disassociate dissociate divorce disunite disjoin

Antonyms

non-disjoint overlapping rejoint rearticulate

Etymology

From Middle English disjoynen, from Old French desjoindre (“disjoin”), from Latin disiungō, from dis- + iungō (“join”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Disjointed; unconnected; --opposed to conjoint. Milton.
  2. noun Difficult situation; dilemma; strait. [Obs.] "I stand in such disjoint." Chaucer.
  3. verb To separate the joints of; to separate, as parts united by joints; to put out of joint; to force out of its socket; to dislocate; as, to disjoint limbs; to disjoint bones; to disjoint a fowl in carving.
  4. verb To separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts are united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed columns; to disjoint and edifice.

Etymology [OF. desjoint, p. p. of desjoindre. See Disjoin.]

Etymology [From OF. desjoint, p. p. of desjoindre. See Disjoint, v. t.]

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