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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generalize

/ˈd͡ʒɛn.(ə.)ɹə.laɪz/ verb

Forms generalizes generalizing generalized generalise

  1. verb To speak in generalities, or in vague terms.
  2. verb To infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles.
  3. verb To spread throughout the body and become systemic.
  4. verb To derive or deduce (a general concept or principle) from particular facts.

Synonyms

genericize generalise extrapolate infer popularize popularise vulgarize vulgarise

Antonyms

specialize instantiate specify

Etymology

Cf. F. généraliser.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To bring under a genus or under genera; to view in relation to a genus or to genera.
  2. verb To apply to other genera or classes; to use with a more extensive application; to extend so as to include all special cases; to make universal in application, as a formula or rule.
  3. verb To form into a genus; to view objects in their relations to a genus or class; to take general or comprehensive views.

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

Sanskrit

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