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.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

identification

/aɪˌdɛn(t)ɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/ noun

Forms identifications

  1. noun (strictly) The act of identifying (i.e., which one, which thing). “In many network protocols, identification is complemented by authentication.”
  2. noun (broadly, often) The combination of identifying (which one, which thing) and validating the identity (proving or confirming it); identifying and authenticating viewed as a unitary concept in cognition. “Much education and experience is required for proper identification of bird species.”
  3. noun The state of being identified. “The problem's identification was the first step toward dealing with it.”
  4. noun (countable) A particular instance of identifying something.
  5. noun A document or documents serving as evidence of a person's identity. “The authorities asked for his identification.”
  6. noun A feeling of support, sympathy, understanding, or belonging towards somebody or something. “identification with the tribe”

Synonyms

ID documents papers designation recognition

Etymology

From French identification.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of identifying, or proving to be the same; also, the state of being identified.

Etymology [Cf. F. identification.]

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

Sanskrit

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

All 11 Sanskrit matches →