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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enforce

UK /ɪnˈfɔːs/ · US /ɪnˈfoɹs/ verb

Forms enforces enforcing enforced inforce

  1. verb To keep up, impose or bring into effect something, not necessarily by force. “The police are there to enforce the law.”
  2. verb To apply a rule or enforcement action to a person or user account. “This will give us the tools we need to enforce accounts like these.”
  3. verb To give strength or force to; to affirm, to emphasize. “The victim was able to enforce his evidence against the alleged perpetrator.”
  4. verb (obsolete, transitive) To strengthen (a castle, town etc.) with extra troops, fortifications etc.
  5. verb (obsolete, transitive) To intensify, make stronger, add force to.
  6. verb (obsolete, reflexive) To exert oneself, to try hard.
  7. verb (obsolete) To compel, oblige (someone or something); to force.
  8. verb (obsolete) To make or gain by force; to force. “to enforce a passage”

Synonyms

implement apply impose

Antonyms

exempt

Etymology

From Middle English enforcen, from Old French enforcier, from Late Latin infortiāre, from in- + fortis (“strong”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands.
  2. verb To make or gain by force; to obtain by force; as, to enforce a passage. "Enforcing furious way." Spenser.
  3. verb To attempt by force. [Obs.]
  4. verb To prove; to evince. [R.] Hooker.

Etymology [OF. enforcier to strengthen, force, F. enforcir; pref. en- (L. in) + F. force. See Force.]

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

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “enforce” (best matches first).