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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prescribe

/pɹɪˈskɹaɪb/ verb

Forms prescribes prescribing prescribed præscribe

  1. verb (medicine) To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority). “The doctor prescribed aspirin.”
  2. verb To specify by writing as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action. “The property meets the criteria prescribed by the regulations.”
  3. verb (law) To develop or assert a right; to make a claim (by prescription).
  4. verb (law) To become invalidated or unenforceable by prescription, to lapse

Synonyms

order dictate

Antonyms

proscribe

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praescrībere, from prae- (“before, in front”) and scrībere (“to write”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action; to impose as a peremptory order; to dictate; to appoint; to direct.
  2. verb To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as, the doctor prescribed quinine.
  3. verb To give directions; to dictate.
  4. verb To influence by long use [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Etymology [L. praescribere, praescriptum; prae before + scriebe to write. See Scribe.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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