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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abatement

/əˈbeɪt.mənt/ noun

Forms abatements

  1. noun The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression. “The abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof.”
  2. noun (accounting) The deduction of minor revenues incidental to an operation in calculating the cost of the operation.
  3. noun (law) The action of a person that abates, or without proper authority enters a residence after the death of the owner and before the heir takes possession.
  4. noun (law) The reduction of the proceeds of a will, when the debts have not yet been satisfied; the reduction of taxes due.
  5. noun An amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed; in particular from a tax.
  6. noun (heraldry) A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon; any figure added to the coat of arms tending to lower the dignity or station of the bearer.
  7. noun (Scotland) Waste of stuff in preparing to size.
  8. noun A beating down, a putting down.

Synonyms

assuagement allowance rebate remission declension decline decrease deduction depreciation diminution discount drawback ebb evanishment fading lessening lowering mitigation moderation reduction suspension respite reprieve hiatus

Antonyms

accession accretion aggrandizement augmentation development dilation enlargement growth increase increment

Etymology

From Middle English abatement, from Anglo-Norman abatre (“to abate”) (from Old French abatre), + -ment; equivalent to abate + -ment.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof.
  2. noun The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed.

Etymology [OF. abatement, F. abattement.]

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

Sanskrit

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