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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examine

/ɪɡˈzæmɪn/ verb, noun

Forms examines examining examined examin

  1. verb (transitive) To observe carefully or critically to learn about someone or something. “He examined the crime scene for clues.”
  2. verb (transitive) To check the health or condition of something or someone. “The doctor examined the patient.”
  3. verb (transitive) To determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination.
  4. verb (transitive) To interrogate. “The witness was examined under oath.”
  5. noun (informal) An act of examining.

Synonyms

canvass pore over undersee analyze check inspect thresh look over luster lustrate overlook probe scrutinate scrutinize study survey analyse canvas see test prove try try out essay

Antonyms

fail to notice ignore

Etymology

From Middle English examinen, examenen, from Old French examiner, from Latin exāmināre.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection of particulars for the purpose of obtaining a fuller insight into the subject of examination, as a material substance, a fact, a reason, a cause, the truth of a statement; to inquire or search into; to explore; as, to examine a mineral; to examine a ship to know whether she is seaworthy; to examine a proposition, theory, or question.
  2. verb To interrogate as in a judicial proceeding; to try or test by question; as, to examine a witness in order to elicit testimony, a student to test his qualifications, a bankrupt touching the state of his property, etc. The offenders that are to be examined. Shak.

Etymology [L. examinare, examinatum, fr. examen, examinis: cf. F. examiner. See Examen.]

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

Sanskrit

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