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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notwithstanding

UK /ˌnɒtwɪðˈstændɪŋ/ · US /ˌnɑtwɪθˈstændɪŋ/ adverb, conjunction, preposition, postp

Forms noughtwithstanding nonwithstanding

  1. adverb Nevertheless, all the same. “He, notwithstanding, persisted in his inquiries.”
  2. conjunction Although; despite the fact that; even though. “Notwithstanding I was provoked, I ought not to have reacted so violently.”
  3. preposition In spite of, despite. “Notwithstanding personal preferences, the school district's rules on the topic govern our decision.”

Synonyms

all the same nevertheless nonetheless still anyway after all regardless yet regardless of maugre despite in spite of however withal even so

Etymology

From Middle English notwithstandinge, notwithstondyng, natwithstandyng, equivalent to not + withstanding. Compare Middle English notgainstonding, not aȝenstondynge, of similar meaning and formation.

Webster’s 1913

  1. preposition Without prevention, or obstruction from or by; in spite of. We gentil women bee Loth to displease any wight, Notwithstanding our great right. Chaucer's Dream.
  2. adverb Nevertheless; however; although; as, I shall go, notwithstanding it rains.

Etymology [Originally the participle of withstand, with not prefixed.]

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

Sanskrit

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