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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simulation

UK /ˌsɪm.jʊˈleɪ.ʃn̩/ · US /ˌsɪm.jəˈleɪ.ʃn̩/ noun

Forms simulations

  1. noun Something that simulates a system or environment in order to predict actual behaviour. “This exercise is a simulation of actual battle conditions.”
  2. noun The process of simulating. “Despite extensive simulation in the design phase, the aircraft failed to behave as expected.”
  3. noun (video games) A video game designed to convey a more or less realistic experience, as of a sport or warfare. “Some kids in the classroom will be playing simulations after school.”
  4. noun Assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true.
  5. noun (soccer) The act of falling over in order to be awarded a foul, when no foul has been committed.

Synonyms

imitation replica computer simulation model pretense pretence pretending feigning

Etymology

First attested in 1340 as Middle English symulacioun, from Middle French simulation, from Old French simulation/simulacion, from Latin simulātiōnem, from simulō (“imitate”). Morphologically simulate + -ion.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of simulating, or assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true; --distinguished from dissimulation, which disguises or conceals what is true.

Etymology [F. simulation, L. simulatio.]

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

Sanskrit

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