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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inward

UK /ˈɪnwəd/ · US /ˈɪnwɚd/ adjective, adverb, noun

Forms inwards

  1. adjective Situated on the inside; that is within, inner; belonging to the inside.
  2. adjective Not superficially obvious, inner, not expressed, especially relating to mental or spiritual faculties as opposed to external ones.
  3. adjective Moving or tending toward the inside.
  4. adjective (archaic, of a voice) Not directed toward the outside world, and thus quiet or indistinct.
  5. adjective (obsolete) Internal to a particular place or country; not foreign, domestic.
  6. adjective (obsolete) Secret, private, kept hidden.
  7. adjective (obsolete) Coming from one’s inmost or sincerest feelings; heartfelt, earnest.
  8. adjective (obsolete) Intimate, closely acquainted; familiar, close.
  9. adverb Towards the inside.
  10. adverb Towards one’s mind, thoughts, or internal self.
  11. adverb (obsolete) On the inside, within, inside.
  12. adverb (obsolete) In one’s mind, thoughts, or internal self.
  13. adverb (nautical) Towards home.
  14. noun (obsolete, chiefly in the plural) That which is inward or within; the inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera.
  15. noun (obsolete, chiefly in the plural) The mental faculties or other characteristics not immediately apparent.
  16. noun (obsolete) A familiar friend or acquaintance.

Synonyms

interior internal inner private introitive faint home inland intranational obfuscated secluded veiled covered concealed dark dern hidden invisible latent nondisplayed inbound inwards in

Antonyms

outward outwards

Etymology

From Middle English inward, from Old English inweard, corresponding to in + -ward.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Being or placed within; inner; interior; --opposed to outward.
  2. adjective Seated in the mind, heart, spirit, or soul. "Inward beauty." Shak.
  3. noun That which is inward or within; especially, in the plural, the inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera. Jer. Taylor.
  4. noun The mental faculties; --usually pl. [Obs.]

Etymology [AS. inweard, inneweard, innanweard, fr. innan, inne, within (fr. in in; see In) + the suffix -weard, E. -ward.]

Etymology [AS. inweard. The ending -s is prop. a genitive ending. See Inward, a., -wards.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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