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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preference

/ˈpɹɛf(ə)ɹ(ə)ns/ noun, verb

Forms preferences preferencing preferenced

  1. noun The selection of one thing or person over others (with the main adposition being "for" in relation to the thing or person, but possibly also "of") “He has a preference for crisp wines.”
  2. noun The option to so select, and the one selected. “Can I keep my preferences when I upgrade to the new version of this application?”
  3. noun The state of being preferred over others.
  4. noun A strong liking or personal valuation.
  5. noun A preferential bias; partiality; discrimination.
  6. verb (US) To give preferential treatment to; to give a preference to.
  7. noun Preferans, a card game, principally played in Eastern Europe.

Synonyms

druthers way predilection forechoice penchant taste orientation

Etymology

From Middle French preference, from Medieval Latin preferentia. Doublet of preferans. Morphologically prefer + -ence.
Compare typologically Russian предвзя́тость (predvzjátostʹ) (<< взять (vzjatʹ), a suppletive of брать (bratʹ), which is cognate with Latin ferō).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of Preferring, or the state of being preferred; the setting of one thing before another; precedence; higher estimation; predilection; choice; also, the power or opportunity of choosing; as, to give him his preference.
  2. noun That which is preferred; the object of choice or superior favor; as, which is your preference

Etymology [Cf. F. préférence.]

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

Sanskrit

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