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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passing

/ˈpɑːsɪŋ/ adjective, adverb, noun

Also a form of pass passé

Forms passings

  1. adjective That passes away; ephemeral.
  2. adjective (now rare, literary) Pre-eminent, excellent, extreme.
  3. adjective Vague, cursory. “to make a passing comment”
  4. adjective Going past. “passing cars”
  5. adjective That passes in any sense. “a passing transsexual”
  6. adverb (literary or archaic) Surpassingly, greatly.
  7. noun Death, dying; the end of something.
  8. noun The fact of going past; a movement from one place to another or a change from one state to another.
  9. noun (law) The act of approving a bill etc.
  10. noun (sports) The act of passing a ball etc. to another player.
  11. noun A form of juggling where several people pass props between each other, usually clubs or rings.
  12. noun (sociology) The ability of a person to be regarded as a member of an identity group or category different from their own.

Synonyms

brief fleeting transient earthly ephemeral deciduous evanescent flying fugacious fugitive instant momentary perishable quick seasonable short short-lived temporary transitive transitory pass passing play passing game loss departure exit expiration going release passage

Antonyms

failing running

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of one who, or that which, passes; the act of going by or away. Passing bell, a tolling of a bell to announce that a soul is passing, or has passed, from its body (formerly done to invoke prayers for the dying); also, a tolling during the passing of a funeral procession to the grave, or during funeral ceremonies. Sir W. Scott. Longfellow.
  2. adjective Relating to the act of passing or going; going by, beyond, through, or away; departing.
  3. adjective Exceeding; surpassing, eminent. Chaucer. "Her passing deformity." Shak. Passing note (Mus.), a character including a passing tone.
  4. adverb Exceedingly; excessively; surpassingly; as, passing fair; passing strange. "You apprehend passing shrewdly." Shak.

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

Sanskrit

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

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