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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toward

UK /təˈwɔːd/ · US /tɔɹd/ preposition, adjective, proper noun

Forms towards

  1. preposition In the direction of. “She moved toward the door.”
  2. preposition In relation to (someone or something). “What are your feelings toward him?”
  3. preposition For the purpose of attaining (an aim). “I'm saving money toward retirement.”
  4. preposition Located close to; near (a time or place). “Our place is over toward the station.”
  5. adjective Yielding, pliant; docile; ready or apt to learn; not froward.
  6. adjective (dated) Approaching, coming near; impending; present, at hand.
  7. adjective (obsolete or archaic) Promising, likely.
  8. adjective (obsolete) Future; to-come.
  9. proper noun A coastal village south of Dunoon, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS1367).
  10. proper noun A surname, apparently taken from the place name.

Synonyms

imminent coming in the offing proximate

Antonyms

away from froward fromward untoward

Etymology

From Middle English toward, from Old English tōweard, from Proto-West Germanic *tōward, equivalent to to + -ward. Cognate with Middle Low German tôwart, Middle Dutch toewaert (Modern Dutch toewaarts), Middle High German zuowart, zūwart (Modern German zuwärts). Compare also Middle English tilward, tillward (“toward”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. preposition In the direction of; to. He set his face toward the wilderness. Num. xxiv. 1.
  2. preposition With direction to, in a moral sense; with respect or reference to; regarding; concerning.
  3. Near; at hand; in state of preparation.
  4. adjective Approaching; coming near. "His toward peril." Spenser.

Etymology [AS. To, and -ward, wards.]

Etymology [AS. Toward, prep.]

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

Sanskrit

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