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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most

UK /ˈməʊst/ · US /ˈmoʊst/ adverb, adjective, pronoun, noun

Also a form of many much

Forms mosts moste

  1. adverb Forms the superlative of many adjectives. “This is the most important example.”
  2. adverb (proscribed) With a superlative adjective ending in -est. “the most tallest building in the world”
  3. adverb To a great extent or degree; highly; very. “This is a most unusual specimen.”
  4. adjective (slang, dated) The greatest; the best.
  5. pronoun The greater part of a group, especially a group of people. “Most want the best for their children.”
  6. noun (uncountable) The greatest amount. “The most I can offer for the house is $150,000.”
  7. noun (countable, uncountable) The greater part. “Most of the penguins were friendly and curious.”
  8. noun (countable) A record-setting amount.

Synonyms

the majority more than half of all the majority of to the highest degree about almost nearly near nigh virtually well-nigh

Antonyms

least fewest

Etymology

From Middle English most, moste, from Old English mǣst, māst, from Proto-Germanic *maistaz, *maist. Cognate with Scots mast, maist (“most”), Saterland Frisian maast (“most”), West Frisian meast (“most”), Dutch meest (“most”), German meist (“most”), Danish and Swedish mest (“most”), Icelandic mestur (“most”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Consisting of the greatest number or quantity; greater in number or quantity than all the rest; nearly all. "Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness." Prov. xx. 6.
  2. adjective Greatest in degree; as, he has the most need of it. "In the moste pride." Chaucer.
  3. adverb In the greatest or highest degree.

Etymology [OE. most, mast, mest, AS. m; akin to D. meest, OS. mest, G. meist, Icel. mestr, Goth. maists; a superl. corresponding to E. more. *103. See More, a.]

Etymology [AS. mæst. See Most, a.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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