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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assume

/əˈsjuːm/ verb

Forms assumes assuming assumed assumest assumedst assumeth

  1. verb To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof. “We assume that, as her parents were dentists, she knows quite a bit about dentistry.”
  2. verb To take on a position, duty or form. “Mr. Jones will assume the position of a lifeguard until a proper replacement is found.”
  3. verb To adopt a feigned quality or manner; to claim without right; to arrogate. “He assumed an air of indifference.”
  4. verb To receive, adopt (a person).
  5. verb To adopt (an idea or cause).

Synonyms

presume take for granted adopt take on take over acquire take bear accept strike take up usurp seize arrogate simulate sham feign wear put on get into don

Etymology

From Latin assūmō (“accept, take”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + sūmō (“take up, assume”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.
  2. verb To take for granted, or without proof; to suppose as a fact; to suppose or take arbitrarily or tentatively.
  3. verb To be arrogant or pretentious; to claim more than is due. Bp.
  4. verb To undertake, as by a promise. Burrill.

Etymology [L. assumere; ad + sumere to take; sub + emere to take, buy: cf. F. assumer. See Redeem.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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