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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knowing

UK /ˈnəʊɪŋ/ · US /ˈnoʊɪŋ/ adjective, preposition, noun

Also a form of know

Forms knowings

  1. adjective Possessing knowledge or understanding; knowledgeable, intelligent.
  2. adjective Deliberate, wilful.
  3. adjective Shrewd or showing clever awareness; discerning. “a knowing rascal”
  4. adjective (archaic) Demonstrating knowledge of what is in fashion; stylish, chic.
  5. adjective Suggestive of private knowledge or understanding.
  6. preposition Given my knowledge about someone or something. “Knowing you, you would try not to be late for school.”
  7. noun The act or condition of having knowledge.

Synonyms

knowful wise wise to intentional knowledgeable learned lettered well-educated well-read

Etymology

From know + -ing.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Skilful; well informed; intelligent; as, a knowing man; a knowing dog. The knowing and intelligent part of the world. South.
  2. adjective Artful; cunning; as, a knowing rascal. [Colloq.]
  3. noun Knowledge; hence, experience. " In my knowing." Shak.

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

Sanskrit

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

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