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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apotheosis

UK /əˌpɒθ.iːˈəʊ.sɪs/ · US /əˌpɑ.θiˈoʊ.sɪs/ noun

Forms apotheoses

  1. noun The fact or action of becoming or making into a god; deification.
  2. noun Glorification, exaltation; crediting someone or something with extraordinary power or status. “The turn of the century saw the apotheosis of digital technology.”
  3. noun A glorified example or ideal; the apex or pinnacle (of a concept or belief).
  4. noun The best moment or highest point in the development of something, for example of a life or career; the apex, culmination, or climax (of a development). “The apotheosis of her career was her appointment as chairman.”
  5. noun (loosely) Release from earthly life, ascension to heaven; death.
  6. noun (psychology) The latent entity that mediates between a person's psyche and their thoughts. The id, ego and superego in Freudian Psychology are examples of this.

Synonyms

deification theogenesis exaltation glorification apex paragon climax culmination peak pinnacle death ideal nonpareil saint nonesuch nonsuch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin apotheōsis, from Ancient Greek ἀποθέωσις (apothéōsis), from verb ἀποθεόω (apotheóō, “deify”) (factitive verb formed from θεός (theós, “God”) with intensive prefix ἀπο- (apo-)) + -σις (-sis, “forms noun of action”). By surface analysis, apo- + theo- + -sis.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, "the gods;" deification.
  2. noun Glorification; exaltation. "The apotheosis of chivalry." Prescott.

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

Sanskrit

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