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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dispute

UK /dɪˈspjuːt/ · US /ˈdɪ.spjut/ noun, verb

Forms disputes disputing disputed

  1. noun An argument or disagreement; a failure to agree.
  2. noun (law) A disagreement between parties in a contract, lawsuit, treaty, or other legal matter.
  3. noun (uncountable) Verbal controversy or disagreement; altercation; debate.
  4. verb (intransitive) To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another.
  5. verb (transitive) To make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss. “Some residents disputed the proposal, saying it was based more on emotion than fact.”
  6. verb To oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call into question; to deny the truth or validity of. “to dispute assertions or arguments”
  7. verb To strive or contend about; to contest.
  8. verb (obsolete) To struggle against; to resist.

Synonyms

debate quarrel conflict controversy claim question argument argy-bargy altercation contention barney bawl out blue bobbery brawl clash difference ding-dong disagreement discordance difference of opinion contravention challenge gainsay scrap argufy altercate

Antonyms

accord agreement assent concord concordance harmony resolution solution union

Etymology

From Middle English disputen, from Old French desputer (French disputer), from Latin disputāre (“to dispute, discuss, examine, compute, estimate”), from dis- (“apart”) + putāre (“to reckon, consider, think, originally make clean, clear up”), related to purus (“pure”). Compare compute, count, impute, repute, amputate, etc.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wrangle.
  2. verb To make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss.
  3. verb To oppose by argument or assertion; to attempt to overthrow; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of; as, to dispute assertions or arguments.
  4. noun Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate.

Etymology [OE. desputen, disputen, OF. desputer, disputer, F. disputer, from L. disputare, disputatum; dis- + putare to clean; hence, fig., to clear up, set in order, reckon, think. See Putative, Pure.]

Etymology [Cf. F. dispute. See Dispute, v. i.]

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

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