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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amplitude

/ˈæm.plɪ.tud/ noun

Forms amplitudes

  1. noun The measure of the size of something, especially its width or breadth; largeness, magnitude.
  2. noun (mathematics) The maximum absolute value of the vertical component of a curve or function, especially one that is periodic.
  3. noun (physics) The maximum absolute value of some quantity that varies.
  4. noun (astronomy) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting. At the rising, the amplitude is eastern or ortive: at the setting, it is western, occiduous, or occasive. It is also northern or southern, when north or south of the equator.
  5. noun (astronomy) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the foot of the vertical circle passing through any star or object.
  6. noun (firearms) The horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the range.
  7. noun (gymnastics) The range of motion of the gymnast's body while performing a skill.
  8. noun (ecology) The range of environmental conditions in which an organism can survive.

Synonyms

bountifulness bounty

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French amplitude, from Latin amplitūdō, from amplus (“large”). By surface analysis, ample + -itude.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun State of being ample; extent of surface or space; largeness of dimensions; size.
  2. noun Largeness, in a figurative sense; breadth; abundance; fullness.

Etymology [L. amplitudo, fr. amplus: cf. F. amplitude. See Ample.]

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

Sanskrit

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