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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jurisdiction

UK /d͡ʒʊəɹɪsˈdɪkʃən/ · US /d͡ʒʊɹɪsˈdɪkʃən/ noun

Forms jurisdictions

  1. noun The power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law. “legal jurisdiction”
  2. noun The power or right to exercise authority. “outside the jurisdiction of”
  3. noun The power or right to perform some action as part of applying the law. “Police officers have no jurisdiction in that district.”
  4. noun The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate.
  5. noun The limits or territory within which authority may be exercised. “The United Kingdom consists of three jurisdictions: England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.”

Synonyms

power authority disposition craft force might potence potency strength virtue Note: All terms are usually figurative. area arena bailiwick domain department discipline field lookout orbit legal power

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iūrisdictiō.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The legal power, right, or authority of a particular court to hear and determine causes, to try criminals, or to execute justice; judicial authority over a cause or class of causes; as, certain suits or actions, or the cognizance of certain crimes, are within the jurisdiction of a particular court, that is, within the limits of its authority or commission.
  2. noun The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate; the right of making or enforcing laws; the power or right of exercising authority.

Etymology [L. jurisdictio; jus, juris, right, law + dictio a saying, speaking: cf. OF. jurisdiction, F. juridiction. See Just, a., and Diction.]

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

Sanskrit

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