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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imagine

/ɪˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪn/ verb, noun

Forms imagines imagining imagined imaginest imaginedst imagineth

  1. verb (transitive) To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind. “Try to imagine a pink elephant.”
  2. verb (transitive) To believe in something created by one's own mind, often something false. “She imagined that the man wanted to kill her.”
  3. verb (transitive) To assume; to suppose. “I imagine that he will need to rest after such a long flight.”
  4. verb (transitive) To conjecture; to guess. “I cannot even imagine what you are up to!”
  5. verb (intransitive) To use one's imagination. “Imagine that we were siblings.”
  6. verb (transitive, obsolete) To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise.
  7. verb (transitive, Internet slang, rhetorical, sarcastic) Used to mock an idea by suggesting that it is ridiculous or ill thought through. “Imagine thinking that would work.”
  8. noun (fandom slang) A short fanfic or prompt placing a reader insert in a novel scenario with a character or celebrity.

Synonyms

project see fancy ween conceive of ideate envisage think opine suppose reckon guess

Etymology

From Middle English ymagynen, from Middle French imaginer, from Latin imāginor, from imāginem, the accusative singular of imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To form in the mind a notion or idea of; to form a mental image of; to conceive; to produce by the imagination.
  2. verb To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise; to compass; to purpose. See Compass, v. t., 5.
  3. verb To form images or conceptions; to conceive; to devise.
  4. verb To think; to suppose.

Etymology [F. imaginer, L. imaginari, p.p. imaginatus, fr. imago image. See Image.]

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

Sanskrit

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