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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presence

/ˈpɹɛzəns/ noun, verb

Forms presences presencing presenced præsence

  1. noun The fact or condition of being present, or of being within sight or call, or at hand. “Any painter can benefit from the presence of a live model from which to draw.”
  2. noun The part of space within one's immediate vicinity. “Bob never said anything about it in my presence.”
  3. noun A quality of poise and effectiveness that enables a performer to achieve a close relationship with their audience.
  4. noun A quality that sets an individual out from others; a quality that makes them noticed and/or admired even if they are not speaking or performing. “Despite being less than five foot, she filled up the theatre with her stage presence.”
  5. noun Something (as a spirit) felt or believed to be present. “I'm convinced that there was a presence in that building that I can't explain, which led to my heroic actions.”
  6. noun A company's business activity in a particular market.
  7. noun (archaic) An assembly of great persons.
  8. noun The state of being closely focused on the here and now, not distracted by irrelevant thoughts.
  9. verb (philosophy, ambitransitive) To make or become present.

Synonyms

room tone front bearing comportment mien

Antonyms

absence missingness

Etymology

Through Old French presence, from Latin praesentia (“a being present”), from praesentem. Displaced native Old English andweardnes.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The state of being present, or of being within sight or call, or at hand; --opposed to absence.
  2. noun The place in which one is present; the part of space within one's ken, call, influence, etc.; neighborhood without the intervention of anything that forbids intercourse.

Etymology [F. présence, L. praesentia. See Present.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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