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.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

attendance

/əˈtɛn.dəns/ noun

Forms attendances attendaunce

  1. noun The act of attending; the state of being present; presence. “Attendance at the meeting is required.”
  2. noun A tally or listing of the persons present. “The class sat down so that the teacher could take attendance.”
  3. noun The frequency with which one has been present for a regular activity or set of events. “John's attendance for the conventions was not good.”
  4. noun (obsolete) Attention paid to something; careful regard.
  5. noun Maid service.

Synonyms

attending

Antonyms

nonattendance

Etymology

From Middle English attendance, from Old French atendance, from atendre (“to attend, listen”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun Attention; regard; careful application. [Obs.]
  2. noun The act of attending; state of being in waiting; service; ministry; the fact of being present; presence.

Etymology [OE. attendance, OF. atendance, fr. atendre, F. attendre. See Attend, v. t.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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