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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devote

UK /dɪˈvəʊt/ · US /dɪˈvoʊt/ verb, adjective

Forms devotes devoting devoted

  1. verb to give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, etc. entirely for, on, or to a certain matter; to consecrate. “They devoted their lives to following Jesus Christ.”
  2. verb to consign over; to doom “to devote one to destruction”
  3. verb to execrate; to curse
  4. adjective (obsolete) devoted; addicted; devout

Synonyms

give dedicate consecrate commit pay

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēvōtus, past participle of Latin dēvoveō (“dedicate by a vow, sacrifice oneself, promise solemnly”). Doublet of devow; see also devout. Displaced native Middle English ēstful, from Old English ēstful.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To appropriate by vow; to set apart or dedicate by a solemn act; to consecrate; also, to consign over; to doom; to evil; to devote one to destruction; the city was devoted to the flames.
  2. verb To execrate; to curse. [Obs.]
  3. adjective Devoted; addicted; devout. [Obs.] Milton.
  4. noun A devotee. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.

Etymology [L. devotus, p. p. of devovere; de + vovere to vow. See Vow, and cf. Devout, Devow.]

Etymology [L. devotus, p. p.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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