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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substantiate

UK /səbˈstænʃieɪt/ · US /səbˈstænʃiˌeɪt/ verb

Forms substantiates substantiating substantiated

  1. verb (transitive) To verify something by supplying evidence; to authenticate or corroborate. “substantiate allegations”
  2. verb (transitive) To give material form or substance to something; to embody; to record in documents

Synonyms

vouch confirm corroborate sustain support affirm incarnate body forth embody realize realise actualize actualise

Etymology

From Medieval Latin substantiatus (“given substance”), from the verb substantiare, first used 1657.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To make to exist; to make real. Ayliffe.
  2. verb To establish the existence or truth of by proof or competent evidence; to verify; as, to substantiate a charge or allegation; to substantiate a declaration.

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