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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modify

UK /ˈmɒd.ɪ.faɪ/ · US /ˈmɑ.dɪˌfaɪ/ verb

Forms modifies modifying modified modifiest modifiedst modifieth

  1. verb (transitive) To change part of. “Her publisher advised her to modify a few parts of the book to make it easier to read.”
  2. verb (intransitive) To be or become modified.
  3. verb (transitive) To set bounds to; to moderate.
  4. verb (transitive, grammar) To qualify the meaning of.
  5. verb (India, informal) To align with the ideology of Narendra Modi or Bharatiya Janata Party.

Synonyms

adapt alter amend revamp rework qualify change

Etymology

From Middle English modifien, from Middle French modifier, from Latin modificare (“to limit, control, regulate, deponent”), from modificari (“to measure off, set bound to, moderate”), from modus (“measure”) + facere (“to make”); see mode.

Blend of Modi + modify, after Narendra Modi, from Gujarati મોદી (modī).

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms of a contract.
  2. verb To limit or reduce in extent or degree; to moderate; to qualify; to lower.

Etymology [F. modifier, L. modificare, modificari; modus limit + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Mode, and -fy.]

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

Sanskrit

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