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.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

station

/ˈsteɪʃən/ noun, verb

Forms stations stationing stationed

  1. noun A regular stopping place for ground transportation. “The next station is Esperanza.”
  2. noun A ground transportation depot. “It's right across from the bus station.”
  3. noun A place where one stands or stays or is assigned to stand or stay. “From my station at the front door, I greeted every visitor.”
  4. noun A place where some object is provided. “Collect a knife and fork from the cutlery station on the way to your table.”
  5. noun (US) A gas station, service station.
  6. noun An official building from which police or firefighters operate. “The police station is opposite the fire station.”
  7. noun A place where one performs a task or where one is on call to perform a task. “The waitress was at her station preparing three checks.”
  8. noun A military base. “She had a boyfriend at the station.”
  9. verb (usually passive) To put in place to perform a task. “The host stationed me at the front door to greet visitors.”
  10. verb To put in place to perform military duty. “They stationed me overseas just as fighting broke out.”
  11. verb (poker, slang) To play in the manner of a calling station.

Synonyms

sta stn base military base channel farm ranch affix anchor appoint deploy deposit embed establish fix graft imbed install load localize place post send

Antonyms

displace remove

Etymology

From Middle English stacioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman estation, from Latin statiōnem, accusative of statiō (“standing, post, job, position”), whence also Italian stazione. Doublet of stagione. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi), στάσις (stásis), Old English standan (whence English stand).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of standing; also, attitude or pose in standing; posture.
  2. noun A state of standing or rest; equilibrium. [Obs.]
  3. verb To place; to set; to appoint or assign to the occupation of a post, place, or office; as, to station troops on the right of an army; to station a sentinel on a rampart; to station ships on the coasts of Africa.

Etymology [F., fr. L. statio, from stare, statum, to stand. See Stand.]

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

Sanskrit

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