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.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

“Praises” is a form of

praise

/pɹeɪz/ noun, verb

Forms praises praising praised praisest praisedst praiseth

  1. noun Commendation; favourable representation in words. “The writer's latest novel received great praise in the media.”
  2. noun Worship, glorification, adoration. “praise of God”
  3. verb To give praise to; to commend, glorify, or worship. “Be sure to praise Bobby for his excellent work at school this week.”

Synonyms

worship accolade approbation approval attaboy appreciation compliment commend commendation congratulation douceur encomium encouragement extolment laudation laudits props tout exalt applaud congratulations kudos

Antonyms

blame condemnation criticism criticize

Etymology

From Middle English praise, preyse, from the verb (see below). Doublet of prize. Displaced native Middle English lof from Old English lof (“praise”) and Middle English loenge, loange from Old French löenge, löange (“praise”).

From Middle English praisen, preisen, from Old French proisier, preisier (“to value, prize”), from Late Latin pretiō (“to value, prize”) from pretium (“price, worth, reward”). Displaced native Middle English herien from Old English herian (“to praise”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To commend; to applaud; to express approbation of; to laud; --applied to a person or his acts. "I praise well thy wit." Chaucer.
  2. verb To extol in words or song; to magnify; to glorify on account of perfections or excellent works; to do honor to; to display the excellence of; --applied especially to the Divine Being.
  3. noun Commendation for worth; approval expressed; honor rendered because of excellence or worth; laudation; approbation.
  4. noun Especially, the joyful tribute of gratitude or homage rendered to the Divine Being; the act of glorifying or extolling the Creator; worship, particularly worship by song, distinction from prayer and other acts of worship; as, a service of praise.

Etymology [OE. preisen, OF. preisier, prisier, F. priser, L. pretiare to prize, fr. pretium price. See Price, n., and cf. Appreciate, Praise, n., Prize, v.]

Etymology [OE. preis, OF. preis price, worth, value, estimation. See Praise, v., Price.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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