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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institution

/ˌɪn.stɪˈtu.ʃən/ noun

Forms institutions

  1. noun A long-established organization or type of organization, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work. “The University of the South Pacific is the only internationally accredited institution of higher education in Oceania.”
  2. noun A custom or practice of a society or community. “The institution of marriage is present in many cultures but its details vary widely across them.”
  3. noun The building or buildings which house such an organization. “He's been in an institution since the crash.”
  4. noun (informal) A mental institution.
  5. noun Any facility where people (especially those who are mentally or physically disabled or sick, or who are prisoners) are committed (confined), where their freedom to leave is restricted.
  6. noun (informal) Any long established and respected place or business. “Over time, the local pub has become something of an institution.”
  7. noun (informal) A person long established in a place, position, or field. “She's not just any old scholar; she is an institution.”
  8. noun The act of instituting something. “The institution of higher speed limits was a popular move but increased the severity of crashes.”

Synonyms

establishment initiation founding foundation origination creation innovation introduction instauration mental hospital psychiatric hospital mental institution mental home insane asylum asylum

Etymology

From Middle English institucioun, from Old French institution, from Latin institūtiō, from instituō (“to set up”), from in- (“in, on”) + statuō (“to set up, establish”). Equivalent to institute + -ion.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school.
  2. noun That which instituted or established; as: (a) Established order, method, or custom; enactment; ordinance; permanent form of law or polity.

Etymology [L. institutio: cf. F. institution.]

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

Sanskrit

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