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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organization

UK /ˌɔː.ɡə.naɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ · US /ˌoɹ.ɡə.nɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ noun

Also a form of organisation

Forms organizations organisation

  1. noun (uncountable) The quality of being organized. “This painting shows little organization at first glance, but little by little the structure becomes clear.”
  2. noun (uncountable) The way in which something is organized, such as a book or an article. “The organization of the book is as follows.”
  3. noun (countable) A group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules. “In response to the crisis, the nations in the region formed an organization. If you want to be part of this organization, you have to follow its rules.”
  4. noun (countable) A group of people consciously cooperating. “Over time, the spontaneous movement had become an organization.”
  5. noun (baseball) A major league club and all its farm teams. “He's been in the Dodgers' organization since 2003.”

Synonyms

organization/organisation organisation arrangement system administration governance governing body establishment brass constitution formation

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French organisation, from Medieval Latin organizātiō; by surface analysis, organize + -ation.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body. "The first organization of the general government." Pickering.
  2. noun The state of being organized; also, the relations included in such a state or condition.

Etymology [Cf. F. organisation.]

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

Sanskrit

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