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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honest

UK /ˈɒn.ɪst/ · US /ˈɑ.nɪst/ adjective, verb, adverb

Forms honester honestest honests honesting honested

  1. adjective (of a person or institution) Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying, or fraud; upright. “brutally honest”
  2. adjective (of a statement) True, especially as far as is known by the person making the statement; fair; unbiased. “an honest account of events”
  3. adjective In good faith; without malice. “an honest mistake”
  4. adjective (of a measurement device) Accurate. “an honest scale”
  5. adjective Authentic; full. “an honest day's work”
  6. adjective Earned or acquired in a fair manner. “an honest dollar”
  7. adjective Open; frank. “an honest countenance”
  8. adjective (obsolete) Decent; honourable; suitable; becoming.
  9. verb (obsolete) To adorn or grace; to honour; to make becoming, appropriate, or honourable.
  10. adverb (colloquial) Honestly; really. “It wasn’t my fault, honest.”

Synonyms

truthful earnest fair dinkum forthright downright upfront foursquare frank genuine up-front legitimate on the level on the up-and-up square straight straight dinkum straightforward true trustworthy up front honorable dependable reliable good fair

Antonyms

dishonest hypocritical insincere shady

Etymology

From Middle English honest, honeste (“honourable, appropriate, excellent”), from Old French honeste, from Latin honestus, from honor. For the verb, see Latin honestāre (“to clothe or adorn with honour”), and compare French honester. Displaced native Old English sōþfæst (literally “truth-firm”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming. Chaucer.
  2. adjective Characterized by integrity or fairness and straightas, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession.
  3. verb To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable. [Obs.] Abp. Sandys.

Etymology [OE. honest, onest, OF. honeste, oneste, F. honnête, L. honestus, fr. honos, honor, honor. See Honor.]

Etymology [L. honestare to clothe or adorn with honor: cf. F. honester. See Honest, a.]

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

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