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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overture

UK /ˈəʊvətjʊə/ · US /ˈoʊvəɹt͡ʃəɹ/ noun, verb, adjective

Forms overtures overturing overtured

  1. noun (obsolete) An opening; a recess or chamber. “c. 1612', George Chapman, A Hymne to Hermes the cave's inmost overture”
  2. noun (obsolete) Disclosure; discovery; revelation.
  3. noun (often in plural) An approach or proposal made to initiate communication, establish a relationship etc. “overture of friendship”
  4. noun (Scotland) A motion placed before a legislative body, such as the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
  5. noun (music) A musical introduction to a longer piece of music or a dramatic work (such as a play, an opera, or a motion picture).
  6. noun (music) A medley of themes from a larger work, such as an opera or musical, typically played at the beginning but sometimes played at any part of the work or performed as a standalone piece.
  7. verb (intransitive) To make overtures; to approach with a proposal.
  8. adjective (heraldry, nonstandard) Overt, that is, disclosed.

Synonyms

preliminary prelude advance approach feeler

Antonyms

coda

Etymology

From Middle English overture, from Anglo-Norman, Middle French overture, from Old French overture, from Latin apertūra. Doublet of aperture.

Webster’s 1913

  1. An opening or aperture; a recess; a recess; a chamber. [Obs.]
  2. Disclosure; discovery; revelation. [Obs.]
  3. verb To make an overture to; as, to overture a religious body on some subject.

Etymology [OF. overture, F. ouverture, fr. OF. ovrir, F. ouvrir. See Overt.]

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

Sanskrit

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