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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given

/ˈɡɪvən/ preposition, noun, adjective, proper noun

Also a form of give

Forms givens giv'n Givhan

  1. preposition Considering; taking into account. “Given the current situation, I don't think that's possible.”
  2. noun A condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation. “When evaluating this math problem, don't forget to read the givens.”
  3. adjective Already arranged. “If eventually we can't make it at the given time, we'll phone you to let you know, don't worry.”
  4. adjective Currently discussed.
  5. adjective Particular, specific. “No more than three people can be in that space at a given time.”
  6. adjective Assumed as fact or hypothesis. “Given that we will get the resources, what do we want to achieve?”
  7. adjective (with to) Prone, disposed. “He was given to taking a couple of glasses of port at his club.”
  8. proper noun A surname.

Synonyms

presumption precondition granted apt disposed minded tending

Etymology

Morphologically give + -n.

Webster’s 1913

  1. p. p. & a. from Give, v.
  2. Granted; assumed; supposed to be known; set forth as a known quantity, relation, or premise.

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

Sanskrit

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

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