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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replace

/ɹɪˈpleɪs/ verb

Forms replaces replacing replaced replacest replacedst replaceth

  1. verb (transitive) To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back. “When you've finished using the telephone, please replace the handset.”
  2. verb (transitive) To refund; to repay; to pay back. “You can take what you need from the petty cash, but you must replace it tomorrow morning.”
  3. verb (transitive) To supply or substitute an equivalent with. “I replaced my car with a newer model.”
  4. verb (transitive) To take over the position or role from.
  5. verb (transitive) To take the place of; to be used instead of. “This security pass replaces the one you were given earlier.”
  6. verb (transitive) To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place.
  7. verb (transitive, rare) To place again.
  8. verb (transitive, rare) To put in a new or different place.

Synonyms

exchange swap supplant supersede supervene upon supercede put back substitute interchange

Etymology

Pref. re- + place: cf. F. replacer.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like.
  2. verb To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed.

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

Sanskrit

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