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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accredit

/əˈkɹɛd.ɪt/ verb

Forms accredits accrediting accredited

  1. verb (transitive) To ascribe; attribute; credit with. “Nationalisms often accredit all the unemployment issues to immigration.”
  2. verb (transitive) To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.
  3. verb (transitive) To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.
  4. verb (transitive) To believe; to put trust in.
  5. verb (transitive) To enter on the credit side of an account book.
  6. verb (transitive) To certify as meeting a predetermined standard; to certify an educational institution as upholding the specified standards necessary for the students to advance. “The school was an accredited college.”
  7. verb (transitive) To recognize as outstanding.
  8. verb (transitive, literally) To credit.

Synonyms

chalk up to impute put down to ascribe attach attribute charge draw lay repose recognize recognise credit

Etymology

* First attested in the 1610s.
* From French accréditer, from à (“to”) + to credit, from crédit (“credit”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.
  2. verb To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.

Etymology [F. accréditer; à (L. ad) + crédit credit. See Credit.]

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