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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ample

/ˈæm.pəl/ determiner, adjective

Forms ampler amplest

  1. determiner A fully sufficient or abundant quantity of; enough or more than enough. “We have ample time to finish the task.”
  2. determiner (as pronoun) A quantity (of something) that is fully sufficient; plenty. “We don't need any more. We already have ample.”
  3. adjective Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; for example spacious, roomy or widely extended. “We have an ample supply of water”
  4. adjective Very adequate.
  5. adjective Not contracted or brief; not concise; extended; diffusive “an ample story”

Synonyms

full spacious extensive wide capacious abundant plentiful plenteous copious bountiful rich liberal munificent sizable sizeable

Antonyms

meager

Etymology

From late Middle English ample, from Middle French ample, from Latin amplus (“large”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended.
  2. adjective Fully sufficient; abundant; liberal; copious; as, an ample fortune; ample justice.

Etymology [F. ample, L. amplus, prob. for ambiplus full on both sides, the last syllable akin to L. plenus full. See Full, and cf. Double.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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