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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introduce

/ˌɪntɹəˈdus/ verb

Forms introduces introducing introduced introducest introducedst introduceth interduce

  1. verb (ditransitive, of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else). “Let me introduce you to my friends.”
  2. verb (transitive) To make (something or someone) known, such as by formal announcement or recommendation. “The senator plans to introduce the bill in the next session.”
  3. verb (transitive) To add (something) to a system, a mixture, or a container. “Various pollutants were introduced into the atmosphere.”
  4. verb (transitive) To bring (something) into practice. “Wheeled transport was introduced long ago.”

Synonyms

give announce present acquaint innovate insert enclose inclose stick in put in bring in infix enter bring out precede preface premise inaugurate usher in

Etymology

From Middle English introducen, from Old French introduire, from Latin intrōdūcō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros (“inner, what is inside”) and *dewk-.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room.
  2. verb To put (something into a place); to insert; as, to introduce the finger, or a probe.

Etymology [L. introducere, introductum; intro within + ducere to lead. See Intro-, and Duke.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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