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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restoration

/ɹɛstəˈɹeɪʃən/ noun, proper noun

Forms restorations the Restoration restauration

  1. noun The process of bringing an object back to its original state; the process of restoring something. “foreskin restoration”
  2. noun (countable) The result of such a process, such as a dental restoration (a dental prosthesis). “These restorations were especially impressive and were reported in a leading prosthodontics journal.”
  3. noun The return of a former monarchy or monarch to power, usually after having been forced to step down. “The restoration of the House of Stuart took place a few years after the death of Cromwell.”
  4. noun The return of a socioeconomic formation in the role of the dominant mode of production. “The restoration of capitalism in Russia gave rise to unemployment.”
  5. noun (theology) The receiving of a sinner to divine favor.
  6. proper noun (history of UK) The events of 1660 when English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were restored under Charles II.
  7. proper noun (history of UK) The era of Restoration (1660 to 1685) under Charles II, or to 1688 when James II was king.
  8. proper noun (history of France) The restoring of the Bourbon Dynasty in 1814.
  9. proper noun (history of Japan) The restoring of imperial rule in Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji.

Synonyms

deconversion restitution step back regression reversion return regaining renovation refurbishment

Etymology

From Middle English restoracion, altered from restauracion (from Latin restaurātiō) by partly deriving from restoren + -acion. By surface analysis, restore + -ation.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of restoring or bringing back to a former place, station, or condition; the fact of being restored; renewal; reëstablishment; as, the restoration of friendship between enemies; the restoration of peace after war. Behold the different climes agree, Rejoicing in thy restoration.
  2. noun The state of being restored; recovery of health, strength, etc.; as, restoration from sickness.

Etymology [OE. restauracion, F. restauration, fr. L. restauratio. See Restore.]

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

Sanskrit

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