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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presidency

/ˈpɹɛzɪdənsi/ noun

Forms presidencies presidence

  1. noun The office or role of president. “After many years as a party leader, she finally ascended to the presidency.”
  2. noun The bureaucratic organization and governmental initiatives devolving directly from the president. “Because of the president's lame duck status, the presidency was often hampered by congressional actions.”
  3. noun The time during which one is president; a president's term of office. “In France, a presidency lasts for five years.”
  4. noun (Mormonism) A supreme local council made up of three persons; (usually capitalized; also First Presidency) the highest authority.
  5. noun (UK, India, historical) One of the three original provinces of British India.
  6. noun (Christianity) The role of ordained clergy in the celebration of the Eucharist in some denominations.

Synonyms

presidenthood presidentship presidential term administration

Etymology

From Medieval Latin praesidentia. By surface analysis, president + -cy.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The function or condition of one who presides; superintendence; control and care.
  2. noun The office of president; as, Washington was elected to the presidency.

Etymology [Cf. F. présidence.]

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

Sanskrit

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