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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practical

/ˈpɹæk.tɪ.kəl/ adjective, noun

Forms practicals

  1. adjective Relating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis. “Jack didn't get an engineering degree, but has practical knowledge of metalworking.”
  2. adjective Being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation; able to be put to use. “Jack's knowledge has the practical benefit of giving us useful prototype parts.”
  3. adjective Of a person, having skills or knowledge that are practical. “All in all, Jack's a very practical chap.”
  4. adjective (theater, not comparable) Of a prop: having some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation.
  5. adjective (film) Light fixtures used for set lighting and seen in the frame of a shot as part of the scenery. “Practical lighting can help sell the illusion that the film is a real situation.”
  6. noun (UK) A part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability
  7. noun (theater) A prop that has some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation.
  8. noun (film) A light fixture used for set lighting and seen in the frame of a shot as part of the scenery.
  9. noun Laboratory experiment, test or investigation

Synonyms

hardheaded hard-nosed pragmatic virtual

Antonyms

theoretical impractical

Etymology

From Middle English practical, practicale, praktycall, from Medieval Latin practicālis.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Of or pertaining to practice or action.
  2. adjective Capable of being turned to use or account; useful, in distinction from ideal or theoretical; as, practical chemistry. "Man's practical understanding." South. "For all practical purposes." Macaulay.

Etymology [L. practicus active, Gr. pratique, formerly also practique. Cf. Pragmatic, Practice.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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