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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proposal

UK /pɹəˈpəʊzəl/ · US /pɹəˈpoʊzəl/ noun

Forms proposals

  1. noun A scheme or design. “proposals for the construction of a new building”
  2. noun The terms or conditions proposed. “to make proposals for a treaty of peace”
  3. noun The document on which such a thing is written.
  4. noun The act of asking someone to be one's spouse; an offer of marriage.
  5. noun (law) The offer by a party of what they have in view as to an intended business transaction, which, with acceptance, constitutes a contract.

Synonyms

overture proffer proposition plot blueprint design plan project scheme tender marriage proposal proposal of marriage marriage offer

Etymology

From Propose.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun That which is proposed, or propounded for consideration or acceptance; a scheme or design; terms or conditions proposed; offer; as, to make proposals for a treaty of peace; to offer proposals for erecting a building; to make proposals of marriage. "To put forth proposals for a book." Macaulay.
  2. noun The offer by a party of what he has in view as to an intended business transaction, which, with acceptance, constitutes a contract.

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

Sanskrit

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