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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nominate

UK /ˈnɒm.ɪ.neɪt/ · US /ˈnɑ.mɪ.neɪt/ verb, adjective, noun

Forms nominates nominating nominated

  1. verb To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office.
  2. verb (billiards) To specify in advance which pocket a ball will be potted in; to call; to name.
  3. verb (sociology) To designate a peer (or oneself) as corresponding to a (potentially positive or negative) description.
  4. verb (obsolete) To entitle, confer a name upon.
  5. adjective (obsolete, as a participle) Named, called; nominated, appointed etc.
  6. adjective (obsolete) Mentioned by name, noted.
  7. adjective (obsolete) Nominated to an office. “an executor nominate / a nominate executor”
  8. adjective (obsolete) Having a special name or mentioning a particular name.
  9. adjective (zoology) nominotypical “the nominate subspecies”
  10. noun A nominee.

Synonyms

name bename put up put forward propose make appoint constitute

Etymology

The adjective is first attested in 1450, in Middle English, the verb in 1545; partly from Middle English nominat(e) (“named, designated”), from Latin nōminātus, perfect passive participle of nōminō (“to name”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from nōmen (“a name”). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To mention by name; to name. [Obs.]
  2. verb To call; to entitle; to denominate. [Obs.] Spenser.

Etymology [L. nominatus, p. p. of nominare to nominate, fr. nomen name. See Name.]

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