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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research

/ˈɹiˌsɝt͡ʃ/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms researches researching researched

  1. noun (uncountable, countable in some dialects) Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc. (that are currently available, or that are familiar to oneself).
  2. noun (countable, dated) A particular instance or piece of research.
  3. verb (transitive) To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.
  4. verb (intransitive) To make an extensive investigation into.
  5. verb (transitive) To search again.
  6. verb (intransitive, marketing) To receive a certain response in market research. “Agency and bank staff told the newspaper the ad researched well.”
  7. proper noun A suburb of Melbourne in the Shire of Nillumbik, Victoria, Australia

Synonyms

investigation exploration examination study inquiry scrutiny enquiry search explore

Etymology

Early Modern French rechercher (“to examine closely”), from Old French recerchier (“to seek, to look for”), by surface analysis, re- + search.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun Diligent inquiry or examination in seeking facts or principles; laborius or continued search after truth; as, researches of human wisdom.
  2. verb To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.

Etymology [Pref. re- + search: cf OF. recerche, F. recherche.]

Etymology [Pref. re- + search: cf. OF. recerchier, F. rechercher.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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