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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authoritative

UK /ɔːˈθɒɹɪtətɪv/ · US /əˈθɔɹɪˌteɪtɪv/ adjective

  1. adjective Arising or originating from a figure of authority. “The authoritative rules in this school come not from the headmaster but from the aged matron.”
  2. adjective Highly accurate or definitive; treated or worthy of treatment as a scholarly authority. “This book is the world's most authoritative guide to insect breeding habits.”
  3. adjective Having a commanding style. “He instructed us in that booming, authoritative voice of his.”

Synonyms

formal proper ex cathedra definitive of record precise grave magisterial masterful oracular sterling important classical classic authorized authorised

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Having, or proceeding from, due authority; entitled to obedience, credit, or acceptance; determinate; commanding.
  2. adjective Having an air of authority; positive; dictatorial; peremptory; as, an authoritative tone.

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

Sanskrit

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