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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suppress

/səˈpɹɛs/ verb

Forms suppresses suppressing suppressed

  1. verb To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue. “Political dissent was brutally suppressed.”
  2. verb To restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression. “I struggled to suppress my smile.”
  3. verb (psychiatry) To exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind. “He unconsciously suppressed his memories of abuse.”
  4. verb To prevent publication. “The government suppressed the findings of their research about the true state of the economy.”
  5. verb To stop a flow or stream. “The rescue team managed to suppress the flow of oil by blasting the drilling hole.”
  6. verb (US, law) To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained.
  7. verb (electronics) To reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal.
  8. verb (military) To stop or prevent the enemy from executing unwanted activities like firing, regrouping, observation or others.

Synonyms

abolish clamp down eliminate bury quash squash curtail stifle behedge guard govern smother bind chasten choke back check inhibit catch contain vanquish stamp down subdue conquer curb oppress crush bottle up repress

Etymology

From Latin suppressus, perfect passive participle of supprimō (“press down or under”), from sub (“under”) + premō (“press”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.
  2. verb To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile. Sir W. Scott.

Etymology [L. suppressus, p.p. of supprimere to suppress; sub under + premere, pressum, to press. See Sub-, and Press.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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