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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imperative

/ɪmˈpɛɹ.ə.tɪv/ adjective, noun

Forms imperatives imp. imper.

  1. adjective Essential; crucial; extremely important. “That you come here right now is imperative.”
  2. adjective (grammar) Of, or relating to the imperative mood.
  3. adjective (computing theory) Having semantics that incorporates mutable variables.
  4. adjective Expressing a command; authoritatively or absolutely directive. “imperative orders”
  5. noun (uncountable, grammar) The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative form of a verb is the same as that of the bare infinitive. “The verbs in sentences like "Do it!" and "Say what you like!" are in the imperative.”
  6. noun (countable, grammar) A verb in the imperative mood.
  7. noun (countable) An essential action, a must: something which is imperative. “Visiting Berlin is an imperative.”

Synonyms

imperative mood required jussive mood imperative form

Antonyms

functional beseeching

Etymology

L. imperativus, fr. imperare to command; pref. im- in + parare to make ready, prepare: cf. F. impératif. See Perade, and cf. Empire.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders.
  2. adjective Not to be avoided or evaded; obligatory; binding; compulsory; as, an imperative duty or order.
  3. noun The imperative mood; also, a verb in the imperative mood.

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

Sanskrit

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