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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applaud

UK /əˈplɔːd/ · US /əˈplɔd/ noun, verb

Forms applauds applauding applauded

  1. noun (obsolete) Applause; applauding.
  2. noun (obsolete) Plaudit.
  3. verb (transitive, intransitive) To express approval (of something) by clapping the hands. “After the performance, the audience applauded for five minutes.”
  4. verb (transitive, intransitive) To praise, or express approval for something or someone. “Although we don't like your methods, we applaud your motives.”

Synonyms

beclap clap acclaim cheer on acclamate hail barrack cheer encheer hurrah hurray huzzah aggrandize enthrone appraise belaud bepraise commend cry up eulogize spat

Antonyms

boo

Etymology

From Middle English applauden, from Latin applaudere (“to clap the hands together, applaud”), from ad (“to”) + plaudere (“to strike, clap”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To show approval of by clapping the hands, acclamation, or other significant sign.
  2. verb To praise by words; to express approbation of; to commend; to approve.
  3. verb To express approbation loudly or significantly.

Etymology [L. applaudere; ad + plaudere to clash, to clap the hands: cf. F. applaudir. Cf. Explode.]

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

Sanskrit

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