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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suggest

UK /səˈd͡ʒɛst/ · US /sə(ɡ)ˈd͡ʒɛst/ verb

Forms suggests suggesting suggested

  1. verb (transitive) To imply but stop short of explicitly stating (something). “Are you suggesting that I killed my wife?”
  2. verb (transitive) To cause one to suppose (something); to bring to one's mind the idea (of something). “The name "hamburger" suggests that hamburgers originated from Hamburg.”
  3. verb (transitive) To explicitly mention (something) as a possibility for consideration, often to recommend it. “This meeting venue was suggested to us by our boss.”
  4. verb (obsolete, transitive) To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt.

Synonyms

point allude hint imply insinuate evoke venture hazard propose float bring up moot advise intimate indicate paint a picture

Etymology

Coined based on Latin suggestus, perfect passive participle of suggerō (“bring up, bring under, lay beneath, furnish, supply, excite, advise, suggest”, verb), from sub (“from below, under”) + gerō (“bear, carry”, verb).

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.
  2. verb To propose with difference or modesty; to hint; to intimate; as, to suggest a difficulty.
  3. verb To make suggestions; to tempt. [Obs.]

Etymology [L. suggestus, p.p. of suggerere to put under, furnish, suggest; sub under + gerere to carry, to bring. See Jest.]

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

Sanskrit

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