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.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

moralize

/ˈmɒ.ɹə.laɪz/ verb

Forms moralizes moralizing moralized moralise

  1. verb (intransitive) To make moral reflections (on, upon, about or over something); to regard acts and events as involving a moral.
  2. verb (transitive) To say (something) expressing a moral reflection or judgment.
  3. verb (transitive) To render moral; to correct the morals of; to give the appearance of morality to.
  4. verb (transitive) To give a moral quality to; to affect the moral quality of, either for better or worse.
  5. verb (transitive, obsolete) To apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from.
  6. verb (transitive, obsolete) To supply with moral lessons, teachings, or examples; to lend a moral to.

Synonyms

judge moralise sermonize sermonise preachify

Etymology

From Old French moraliser, equivalent to moral + -ize.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from.
  2. verb To furnish with moral lessons, teachings, or examples; to lend a moral to. While chastening thoughts of sweetest use, bestowed By Wisdom, moralize his pensive road. Wordsworth.
  3. verb To make moral reflections; to regard acts and events as involving a moral.

Etymology [Cf. F. moraliser.]

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