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.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

alive

/əˈlaɪv/ adjective

  1. adjective Having life; living; not dead. “As long as the plant is alive, he will continue to water it.”
  2. adjective In a state of action; in force or operation; existent. “to keep the fire alive”
  3. adjective Busy with activity of many living beings; swarming; thronged; busy. “Although quite dull during the day, the main street comes alive at night, with many bars and clubs opening.”
  4. adjective (of electrical wiring) Carrying electrical current; energized. “DANGER: OVERHEAD CATENARY—WIRE IS ALIVE”
  5. adjective (in the construction "alive to") Aware of; sensitive to. “We are alive to the ongoing potential for terrorist attacks.”
  6. adjective Sprightly; lively; brisk.
  7. adjective Susceptible, sensitive; easy to impress; having keen feelings, as opposed to apathy.
  8. adjective (intensifier) Out of all living creatures. “The Whitest Boy Alive”

Synonyms

alive and kicking existing energized hot live frisky ever in the world extant vital peppy zestful above ground alive and well animate animated kicking lively livesome living active alert awake

Antonyms

dead

Etymology

From Middle English alyve, alive, alife, olive, olife, on live, on life, from Old English on līfe (“alive”, literally “in life" or "in (the) body”), from on (“on, in”) + līfe, dative singular of līf (“life”). In this sense, replaced Old English cwic (whence English quick). Equivalent to a- + life. Compare Dutch in leven (“alive”, literally “in life”), German am Leben (“alive”, literally “at life" or "at living”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive.
  2. adjective In a state of action; in force or operation; unextinguished; unexpired; existent; as, to keep the fire alive; to keep the affections alive.

Etymology [OE. on live, AS. on life in life; life being dat. of lif life. See Life, and cf. Live, a.]

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

Sanskrit

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