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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identify

UK /aɪˈdɛn.tɪ.faɪ/ · US /aɪˈdɛn.(t)ə.faɪ/ verb

Forms identifies identifying identified

  1. verb (transitive) To establish the identity of someone or something. “It was hard to identify the shoplifter because the CCTV records didn't have a clear image.”
  2. verb (transitive) To disclose the identity of someone. “The Associated Press will not identify the suspect of the crime because he is a juvenile.”
  3. verb (transitive, biology) To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism.
  4. verb (transitive) To equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one.
  5. verb (reflexive) To have a strong affinity with; to feel oneself to be modelled on or connected to.
  6. verb (intransitive) To associate oneself with some group; to feel, or believe one feels, the same way.
  7. verb (reflexive, with as) To claim an identity; to describe oneself as a member of a group; to assert the use of a particular term to describe oneself.

Synonyms

ID clock ken to make someone notice recognize twig place name discover key key out distinguish describe

Antonyms

misken

Etymology

From French identifier, from Medieval Latin identicus + Latin faciō.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to treat as being one or having the same purpose or effect; to consider as the same in any relation.
  2. verb To establish the identity of; to prove to be the same with something described, claimed, or asserted; as, to identify stolen property.
  3. verb To become the same; to coalesce in interest, purpose, use, effect, etc. [Obs. or R.]

Etymology [Cf. F. identifier. See Identity, and -fy.]

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

Sanskrit

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