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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prejudice

/ˈpɹɛd͡ʒədɪs/ noun, verb

Forms prejudices prejudicing prejudiced præjudice p͛judice

  1. noun (countable) An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of the facts.
  2. noun (countable) A preconception, any preconceived opinion or feeling, whether positive or negative. “Morality is but a prejudice.”
  3. noun (countable) An irrational hostile attitude, fear or hatred towards a particular group, race or religion. “I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.”
  4. noun (obsolete) Knowledge formed in advance; foresight, presaging.
  5. noun (chiefly obsolete) Mischief; hurt; damage; injury; detriment.
  6. verb (transitive) To have a negative impact on (someone's position, chances etc.).
  7. verb (transitive) To cause prejudice in; to bias the mind of.

Synonyms

bigotry bias chauvinism clannishness discrimination inequality inequity intolerance jaundiced eye narrow-mindedness one-sidedness partisanship preconception prepossess

Antonyms

disinterest equality equity fairness impartiality tolerance

Etymology

From Middle English prejudice, from Old French prejudice, derived from Latin praeiūdicium (“previous judgment or damage”), from prae- (“before”) + iūdicium (“judgment”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. Foresight. [Obs.]
  2. An opinion or judgment formed without due examination; prejudgment; a leaning toward one side of a question from other considerations than those belonging to it; an unreasonable predilection for, or objection against, anything; especially, an opinion or leaning adverse to anything, without just grounds, or before sufficient knowledge.
  3. verb To cause to have prejudice; to prepossess with opinions formed without due knowledge or examination; to bias the mind of, by hasty and incorrect notions; to give an unreasonable bent to, as to one side or the other of a cause; as, to prejudice a critic or a juryman.
  4. verb To obstruct or injure by prejudices, or by previous bias of the mind; hence, generally, to hurt; to damage; to injure; to impair; as, to prejudice a good cause.

Etymology [F. préjudice, L. praejudicium; prae before + judicium judgment. See Prejudicate, Judicial.]

Etymology [Cf. F. préjudicier. See Prejudice, n.]

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

Sanskrit

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