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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independent

/ˌɪn.dɪˈpɛn.dənt/ adjective, noun

Forms independents

  1. adjective Not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free.
  2. adjective (politics) Not affiliated with any political party. “the independent candidate”
  3. adjective Providing a comfortable livelihood. “an independent property”
  4. adjective Not subject to bias or influence; self-directing. “a man of an independent mind”
  5. adjective Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
  6. noun A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a freethinker, free of a party platform.
  7. noun A neutral or uncommitted person.
  8. noun A small, privately owned business.
  9. noun (sports) A team not affiliated with any league or conference.
  10. noun (Christianity) An individual, group, or church that operates outside the authority, structure, or dogma of established, hierarchical, or denominational bodies.
  11. noun (Christianity) An individual governed by spiritual independence; self-governed under divine guidance rather than swayed by human opinions, mortal beliefs, or external influences.

Synonyms

autonomous free self-standing substantive undependent mugwump fencesitter freelancer freelance free-lance free lance self-employed person self-governing sovereign main

Antonyms

contingent dependent

Etymology

From Middle English independent, equivalent to in- + dependent. Compare French indépendant.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly independent.
  2. adjective Affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent property.
  3. noun One who believes that an organized Christian church is complete in itself, competent to self-government, and independent of all ecclesiastical authority.
  4. noun One who does not acknowledge an obligation to support a party's candidate under all circumstances; one who exercises liberty in voting.

Etymology [Pref. in- not + dependent: cf. F. indépendant.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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