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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attempt

/əˈtɛmpt/ verb, noun

Forms attempts attempting attempted attemptest attemptedst attempteth

  1. verb To try. “to attempt an escape from prison”
  2. verb (obsolete) To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt.
  3. verb (archaic) To try to win, subdue, or overcome. “one who attempts the virtue of a woman”
  4. verb (archaic) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force. “to attempt the enemy’s camp”
  5. verb (criminal law) To make a substantial but unsuccessful effort (to commit a crime).
  6. noun The action of trying at something. “We made an attempt to cross the stream, but didn’t manage.”
  7. noun An assault or attack, especially an assassination attempt.
  8. noun (criminal law) A substantial but unsuccessful effort (to commit a crime).
  9. noun An act of trying to commit suicide “Her attempt was not successful, and resulted in her being hospitalized.”

Synonyms

take a stab at take a run at assay essay seek effort try bid endeavor endeavour attack undertake set about

Etymology

Late 14th century, as Middle English attempten, from Old French atempter, from Latin attemptō (“to try, solicit”), from ad- (“to”) + temptō; see tempt.
The noun is from the 1530s, the sense "an assault on somebody's life, assassination attempt" (French attentat) is from 1580. By surface analysis, at- + tempt.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight.
  2. verb To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt. [Obs. or Archaic]
  3. verb To make an attempt; --with upon. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
  4. noun A essay, trial, or endeavor; an undertaking; an attack, or an effort to gain a point; esp. an unsuccessful, as contrasted with a successful, effort.

Etymology [OF. atenter, also spelt atempter, F. attenter, fr. L. attentare to attempt; ad + tentare, temptare, to touch, try, v. intens. of tendere to stretch. See Tempt, and cf. Attend.]

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

Sanskrit

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