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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sanitize

/ˈsænətaɪz/ verb

Forms sanitizes sanitizing sanitized sanitise

  1. verb (transitive) To rid of microorganisms by cleaning or disinfecting.
  2. verb (transitive, by extension) To make something, such as a dramatic work, more acceptable by removing potentially offensive material.
  3. verb (transitive, computing) To filter (text) to ensure it does not contain any characters that will cause problems for or be interpreted in an adverse way by the receiving system. “Remember to sanitize your query parameters to avoid SQL injection exploits.”
  4. verb (transitive, computing) To remove sensitive or personal data from (a database or file).
  5. verb (transitive) To revise (a document) in order to prevent identification of the sources.

Synonyms

bowdlerize sanitise hygienize hygienise

Etymology

From sanitary. By surface analysis, sanity + -ize.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “sanitize”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details