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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initiate

/ɪˈnɪʃ.i.eɪt/ verb, noun, adjective

Forms initiates initiating initiated

  1. verb (transitive) To begin; to start.
  2. verb (transitive) To instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.
  3. verb (transitive) To confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.
  4. verb (intransitive) To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.
  5. noun A new member of an organization.
  6. noun One who has been through a ceremony of initiation.
  7. noun One who is oriented in and familiar with a topic or subject; especially, one who is an expert in it.
  8. adjective (obsolete) Unpracticed, untried, new.
  9. adjective (obsolete) Begun, commenced, introduced to or in the rudiments (of), newly admitted.

Synonyms

commence institute induct novice beginner tyro tiro learned person pundit savant enlightened originate start pioneer broach lead up

Antonyms

pause halt suspend discontinue finish conclude complete stop end cease noninitiate novice uninitiate

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin initiātus, perfect passive participle of initiō (“to begin, originate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from initium (“a beginning”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), from initus (“an entrance, coming in, approach”) + -ium, from ineō + -tus, from in- + eō (“to go”). Cognate with French initier.

From a substantivization of the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Cognate with French initié (“an initiate, neophyte”).

Borrowed from Latin initiātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter upon.
  2. verb To acquaint with the beginnings; to instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.
  3. verb To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative. [R.] Pope.
  4. adjective Unpracticed; untried; new. [Obs.] "The initiate fear that wants hard use." Shak.

Etymology [L. initiatus, p. p. of initiare to begin, fr. initium beginning. See Initial.]

Etymology [L. initiatus, p. p.]

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

Sanskrit

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