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

submission

/səbˈmɪʃən/ noun

Forms submissions

  1. noun The act of submitting or yielding; surrender.
  2. noun The act of submitting or giving e.g. a completed piece of work. “Any submissions received after Friday will have marks deducted for lateness.”
  3. noun The thing which has been submitted.
  4. noun A feeling of surrender to the control of another; a desire to obey.
  5. noun A submission hold in wrestling, mixed martial arts, or other combat sports.
  6. noun (BDSM) Sexual practices that involve serving a dominant partner (or partners) or allowing a partner (or partners) to command or control the submissive; sometimes including bottoming or masochism.
  7. noun A subset or component of a mission.

Synonyms

acquiescence capitulation concession giving in submittal obeyance yielding deference entry compliance meekness

Antonyms

rebellion control dominance domination

Etymology

From Middle English submissioun, from Old French soubmission, from Latin submissio, from submitto.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of submitting; the act of yielding to power or authority; surrender of the person and power to the control or government of another; obedience; compliance.
  2. noun The state of being submissive; acknowledgement of inferiority or dependence; humble or suppliant behavior; meekness; resignation.

Etymology [L. submissio a letting down, lowering: cf. F. soumission.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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