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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insinuate

/ɪnˈsɪnjueɪt/ verb, adjective

Forms insinuates insinuating insinuated

  1. verb To hint; to suggest tacitly (usually something bad) while avoiding a direct statement. “She insinuated that her friends had betrayed her.”
  2. verb (rare) To creep, wind, or flow into; to enter gently, slowly, or imperceptibly, as into crevices.
  3. verb (figurative, by extension) To ingratiate; to obtain access to or introduce something by subtle, cunning or artful means.
  4. adjective (as a participle) Insinuated.

Synonyms

advert allude hint imply indicate inkle intimate moot refer signify suggest adumbrate

Etymology

First attested in 1529; Borrowed from Latin īnsinuātus, perfect passive participle of īnsinuō (“to push in, creep in, steal in”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + sinus (“a winding, bend, bay, fold, bosom”) -ō (verb-forming suffix). Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To introduce gently or slowly, as by a winding or narrow passage, or a gentle, persistent movement.
  2. verb To introduce artfully; to infuse gently; to instill.
  3. verb To creep, wind, or flow in; to enter gently, slowly, or imperceptibly, as into crevices.
  4. verb To ingratiate one's self; to obtain access or favor by flattery or cunning.

Etymology [L. insinuatus, p. p. of insinuareto insinuate; pref. in- in + sinus the bosom. See Sinuous.]

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

Sanskrit

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