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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distinguish

/dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ verb

Forms distinguishes distinguishing distinguished

  1. verb To recognize someone or something as different from others based on its characteristics.
  2. verb To see someone or something clearly or distinctly.
  3. verb (transitive, reflexive) To make noticeably different or better from others through accomplishments. “The soldier distinguished himself in combat and received a medal.”
  4. verb To confer an honor upon. “The soldier was distinguished with a medal for his bravery.”
  5. verb (transitive, obsolete) To make to differ.

Synonyms

differentiate discriminate decern discern differentialize set apart tell tell apart make out separate secern secernate severalize severalise spot recognize recognise pick out mark signalize signalise identify discover key key out describe name

Antonyms

confuse

Etymology

From Middle English distingwen, from Old French distinguer, from Latin distinguere (“to separate, divide, distinguish, set off, adorn, literally mark off”), from di-, dis- (“apart”) + stinguere, related to English stink. Compare extinguish.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb Not set apart from others by visible marks; to make distinctive or discernible by exhibiting differences; to mark off by some characteristic.
  2. verb To separate by definition of terms or logical division of a subject with regard to difference; as, to distinguish sounds into high and low. Moses distinguished the causes of the flood into those that belong to the heavens, and those that belong to the earth. T. Burnet.
  3. verb To make distinctions; to perceive the difference; to exercise discrimination; --with between; as, a judge distinguishes between cases apparently similar, but differing in principle.
  4. verb To become distinguished or distinctive; to make one's self or itself discernible. [R.]

Etymology [F. distinguer, L. distinguere, distinctum; di- = dis- + stinguere to quench, extinguish; prob. orig., to prick, and so akin to G. stechen, E. stick, and perh. sting. Cf. Extinguish.]

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

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