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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recovery

/ɹɪˈkʌvəɹi/ noun

Forms recoveries recovre

  1. noun The act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost.
  2. noun (colloquial) A clever verbal solution to an embarrassing verbal mistake. “When I realized I'd called my teacher "Mom" again, I made a quick recovery saying that she loves me so much that she reminds me of my mother.”
  3. noun A return to normal health. “I hope you make a full recovery.”
  4. noun The act of regaining the natural position after curtseying.
  5. noun The act of regaining the position of guard after making an attack, in fencing, sparring, etc.
  6. noun (economics) Renewed growth after a slump.
  7. noun (finance) The recovery of debt.
  8. noun (law) A verdict giving somebody the right to recover debts or costs.

Synonyms

recuperation convalescence retrieval

Etymology

From recover + -y, from Middle English recoveree, from Old French recovree, from recovrer (“recover”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession.
  2. noun Restoration from sickness, weakness, faintness, or the like; restoration from a condition of mistortune, of fright, etc.

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

Sanskrit

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

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