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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titrate

/ˈtɪtɹeɪt/ verb, noun, adjective

Forms titrates titrating titrated

  1. verb (analytical chemistry) To ascertain the amount of a constituent in a solution (or other mixture) by measuring the volume of a known concentration (the "standard solution") needed to complete a reaction.
  2. verb (medicine, intransitive) To adjust the amount of a drug consumed until the desired effects are achieved.
  3. verb (figuratively) To precisely control.
  4. noun A solution of unknown concentration which is (to be) tested by means of titration.
  5. adjective (obsolete) Precisely measured.

Synonyms

calibrate fine-tune gauge

Etymology

Modelled after French titrer. Equivalent to French titre (“title, quality, chemical proportion”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Back-formation from titration or from the above verb, either on the basis of -ate (noun-forming suffix).

From French titré or the above verb, either on the basis of -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To analyse, or determine the strength of, by means of standard solutions. Cf. Standardized solution, under Solution.

Etymology [F. titrer, from titre standard, title. See Title, n.]

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