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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business

/ˈbɪz.nɪs/ noun, adjective

Forms businesses biz bisoness businesse busynesse bizness bidness

  1. noun (countable) A specific commercial enterprise or establishment. “I left my father's business.”
  2. noun (countable) A person's occupation, work, or trade. “He is in the motor and insurance businesses.”
  3. noun (uncountable) Commercial, industrial, or professional activity. “He's such a poor cook, I can't believe he's still in business!”
  4. noun (uncountable) The volume or amount of commercial trade. “Business has been slow lately.”
  5. noun (uncountable) One's dealings; patronage. “I shall take my business elsewhere.”
  6. noun (uncountable) Private commercial interests taken collectively. “This proposal will satisfy both business and labor.”
  7. noun (uncountable) The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management. “I studied business at Harvard.”
  8. noun (countable) A particular situation or activity. “This UFO stuff is a mighty strange business.”
  9. adjective Of, to, pertaining to, or used for purposes of conducting trade, commerce, governance, advocacy or other professional purposes. “Please do not use this phone for personal calls; it is a business phone.”
  10. adjective Professional, businesslike, having concern for good business practice.
  11. adjective Supporting business, conducive to the conduct of business.

Synonyms

company enterprise firm affair fesnyng concern business concern business organization business organisation commercial enterprise business enterprise occupation job line of work line business sector clientele patronage stage business byplay

Etymology

From Middle English busines, busynes, businesse, bisynes, from Old English bisiġnes (“business, busyness”), equivalent to busy + -ness. Doublet of busyness. Sense 17 (something very good, top quality), possibly derives from "the bee's knees"

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or shorter time; constant employment; regular occupation; as, the business of life; business before pleasure.
  2. noun Any particular occupation or employment engaged in for livelihood or gain, as agriculture, trade, art, or a profession. "The business of instruction." Prescott.

Etymology [From Busy.]

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

Sanskrit

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