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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static

/ˈstæt.ɪk/ adjective, noun

Forms statics statick

  1. adjective Unchanging; that cannot or does not change.
  2. adjective Making no progress; stalled, without movement or advancement.
  3. adjective Immobile; fixed in place; having no motion.
  4. adjective (programming) Computed, created, or allocated before the program starts running, as opposed to at runtime.
  5. adjective (object-oriented programming) Defined for the class itself, as opposed to instances of it; thus shared between all instances and accessible even without an instance.
  6. noun (uncountable) Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television. “The World Series was on, but there was so much static that we could barely even follow the action.”
  7. noun (figurative, by extension, uncountable) Interference or obstruction from people. “I was getting a lot of static from the bean counters whenever I tried to proceed.”
  8. noun (uncountable, slang, US) Verbal abuse. “Don't you be giving me any static over it. You know the rules.”
  9. noun (uncountable) Static electricity. “This stupid carpet is always giving me a shock from the static.”
  10. noun (countable) A static caravan.
  11. noun (countable, programming) A static variable.

Synonyms

stable constant changeless equal nonchanging stationary unaltering unchanging unvarying stuck unmovable fixed immobile immotile immovable inanimate inert lifeless sessile rigid atmospherics atmospheric static inactive motionless still electrostatic

Antonyms

dynamic changeable changeful changeling everchanging fickle fluid inconstant labile mobile moody shiftable

Etymology

Modern Latin staticus, from Ancient Greek στατικός (statikós), from ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to make stand”). By surface analysis, stasis + -tic.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Resting; acting by mere weight without motion; as, statical pressure; static objects.
  2. adjective Pertaining to bodies at rest or in equilibrium. Statical electricity. See Note under Electricity, 1.

Etymology [Gr. statique. See Stand, and cf. Stage.]

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