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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document

UK /ˈdɒkjʊmənt/ · US /ˈdɑkjʊmənt/ noun, verb

Forms documents documenting documented

  1. noun An original or official paper used as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support.
  2. noun Any material substance on which the information is represented by writing.
  3. noun (computing) A file that contains text.
  4. noun (information science) An object conveying information by whatever means, capable of being indexed alongside other similar objects.
  5. noun (obsolete) That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.
  6. noun (obsolete) An example for instruction or warning.
  7. verb (transitive) To record in documents. “He documented each step of the process as he did it, which was good when the investigation occurred.”
  8. verb (transitive) To furnish with documents or papers necessary to establish facts or give information. “A ship should be documented according to the directions of law.”

Synonyms

written document papers text file

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French document, from Latin documentum.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma. [Obs.]
  2. noun An example for instruction or warning. [Obs.]
  3. verb To teach; to school. [Obs.]
  4. verb To furnish with documents or papers necessary to establish facts or give information; as, a a ship should be documented according to the directions of law.

Etymology [LL. documentum, fr. docere to teach: cf. F. document. See Docile.]

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

Sanskrit

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