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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remit

UK /ɹɪˈmɪt/ · US /ɹiˈmɪt/ verb, noun

Forms remits remitting remitted remytte

  1. verb (transitive) To transmit or send (e.g. money in payment); to supply.
  2. verb (transitive) To forgive, pardon (a wrong, offense, etc.).
  3. verb (transitive) To refrain from exacting or enforcing; to cancel. “to remit the performance of an obligation”
  4. verb (transitive, obsolete) To give up; omit; cease doing.
  5. verb (transitive) To allow (something) to slacken, to relax (one's attention etc.).
  6. verb (intransitive, obsolete) To show a lessening or abatement (of a specified quality).
  7. verb (intransitive, obsolete) To diminish, abate.
  8. verb (transitive) To refer (something or someone) for deliberation, judgment, etc. (to a particular body or person).
  9. noun (chiefly UK) Terms of reference; set of responsibilities; scope.
  10. noun (law) A communication from a superior court to a subordinate court.

Synonyms

responsibility purview jurisdiction brief remission remitment postpone prorogue hold over put over table shelve set back defer put off remand send back slacken

Etymology

From Middle English remitten, from Latin remittere (“to send, send back”). Compare Old French remettre, remetre, remitter.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign.
  2. verb To restore. [Obs.]
  3. verb To abate in force or in violence; to grow less intense; to become moderated; to abate; to relax; as, a fever remits; the severity of the weather remits.
  4. verb To send money, as in payment. Addison.

Etymology [L. remittere, remissum, to send back, to slacken, relax; pref. re- re- + mittere to send. See Mission, and cf. Remise, Remiss.]

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

Sanskrit

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