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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opponent

/əˈpəʊ.nənt/ noun, adjective

Forms opponents

  1. noun One who opposes another; one who works or takes a position against someone or something; one who attempts to stop the progress of someone or something. “The person who ran against her in the last election proved to be a formidable opponent.”
  2. noun One who opposes another physically (in a fight, sport, game, or competition).
  3. noun One who opposes another in words (in a dispute, argument or controversy).
  4. noun One who is opposed or objects (to a policy, course of action or set of ideas). “She was a dedicated opponent of the death penalty.”
  5. noun (historical) The participant who opens an academic debate by putting forward objections to a theological or philosophical thesis.
  6. adjective (obsolete) Opposing; adverse; antagonistic.
  7. adjective (obsolete) Situated in front; opposite.

Synonyms

opp adversary antagonist opposition opposite opposer resister opposing

Antonyms

supporter proponent advocate respondent

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oppōnēns (“opposing”), present active participle of oppōnō (“to oppose”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Situated in front; opposite; hence, opposing; adverse; antagonistic. Pope.
  2. noun One who opposes; an adversary; an antagonist; a foe. Macaulay.
  3. noun One who opposes in a disputation, argument, or other verbal controversy; specifically, one who attacks some theirs or proposition, in distinction from the respondent, or defendant, who maintains it. How becomingly does Philopolis exercise his office, and seasonably commit the opponent with the respondent, like a long-practiced moderator! Dr. H. More.

Etymology [L. opponens, -entis, p.pr. of opponere to set or place against, to oppose; ob (see Ob-) + ponere to place. See Position.]

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

Sanskrit

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