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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termination

/tɚmɪˈneɪʃən/ noun

Forms terminations

  1. noun The process of terminating or the state of being terminated.
  2. noun The process of firing an employee; ending one's employment at a business for any reason.
  3. noun An end in time; a conclusion.
  4. noun An end in space; an edge or limit.
  5. noun An outcome or result.
  6. noun (grammar) The last part of a word.
  7. noun (medicine) An induced abortion.
  8. noun (obsolete, rare) A word, a term.

Synonyms

discontinuation stoppage discharge dismissal close conclusion end finale finish stop border edge limit lip rim tip consequence outcome result upshot expiration expiry end point endpoint terminus resultant final result ending

Antonyms

continuation

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin terminationem (accusative of terminatio).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities.
  2. noun That which ends or bounds; limit in space or extent; bound; end; as, the termination of a line.

Etymology [L. terminatio a bounding, fixing, determining: cf. F. terminasion, OF. also termination. See Term.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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