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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praxis

/ˈpɹæk.sɪs/ noun

Forms praxes praxises

  1. noun The practical application of any branch of learning.
  2. noun (drama) The deliberate action of a rational being.
  3. noun (philosophy) The synthesis of theory and practice, without presuming the primacy of either.
  4. noun Custom or established practice.
  5. noun An example or form of exercise, or a collection of such examples, for practice.

Synonyms

practice

Antonyms

theory

Etymology

Partly from Latin prāxis and partly from its etymon Ancient Greek πρᾶξις (prâxis, “action, activity, practice”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun Use; practice; especially, exercise or discipline for a specific purpose or object. "The praxis and theory of music." Wood.
  2. noun An example or form of exercise, or a collection of such examples, for practice.

Etymology [NL., fr. Gr. Practice.]

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