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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apposite

/ˈæp.ə.zɪt/ adjective, noun

Forms apposites

  1. adjective Strikingly appropriate or relevant; well suited to the circumstance or in relation to something.
  2. adjective Positioned at rest in respect to another, be it side-to-side, front-to-front, back-to-back, or even three-dimensionally: in apposition.
  3. adjective Related, homologous.
  4. noun (rare) That which is apposite; something suitable.

Synonyms

apt to the point applicable ad rem well-placed felicitous germane in point material on point on-topic pertinent relevant salient valid affiliated allied associated comparative connected

Etymology

From Latin appositus, past participle of adponere, from ad- + ponere (“to put, place”). See apposition.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Very applicable; well adapted; suitable or fit; relevant; pat; --followed by to; as, this argument is very apposite to the case.

Etymology [L. appositus, p. p. of apponere to set or put to; ad + ponere to put, place.]

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

Sanskrit

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