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

political

/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/ adjective, noun

Forms politicals politicall

  1. adjective Concerning or relating to politics, the art and process of governing. “Political principles are rarely absolute, as political logic holds an imperfect result by compromise is better than a theoretically perfect abstention from the political process in the opposition.”
  2. adjective Concerning a polity or its administrative components. “Good political staff is hard to find, they may neither be ambitious and corrupted by power nor tempted by private sector careers.”
  3. adjective (derogatory) Inappropriately motivated by political calculation, as it pertains to elections, power dynamics, ideologies, etc. “The media alleged that the Federal Reserve chairman’s decision to cut rates before the election was political.”
  4. adjective Of or relating to views about social relationships that involve power, standing, influence or conflict.
  5. adjective (of a person) Interested in politics.
  6. noun A political agent or officer.
  7. noun A publication focusing on politics.
  8. noun A political prisoner.

Synonyms

politic

Antonyms

nonpolitical non-political

Etymology

From politic + -al.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Having, or conforming to, a settled system of administration. [R.]
  2. adjective Of or pertaining to public policy, or to politics; relating to affairs of state or administration; as, a political writer. "The political state of Europe." Paley.

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

Sanskrit

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

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