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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greater

UK /ˈɡɹeɪtə/ · US /ˈɡɹeɪtɚ/ adjective

Also a form of great greatly

  1. adjective Of two (or, rarely, more than two) things: the larger in size (bigger), in value, in importance etc. “greater yellowlegs”
  2. adjective The larger geographic or administrative area that encompasses or belongs to a place (especially if both share the same name). “Greater Antilles”
  3. adjective (usually capitalized) Including the surrounding urban areas and conurbation (of a city or other large settlement). “Greater London”
  4. adjective Referring to a state at its fullest historical (or desired future) extent including colonies, annexed land, etc. “Greater Armenia”

Antonyms

lesser

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Sources: Wiktionary — from the Wiktionary entry “greater”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

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

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