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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regardless

UK /ɹɪˈɡɑːd.lɪs/ · US /ɹɪˈɡɑɹd.lɪs/ adverb, adjective, preposition

  1. adverb Without attention to warnings or indications of bad consequences. “Tatiana knew the meat had passed its expiry date, but she ate it regardless.”
  2. adverb Anyway; irrespective of what has just been said. “The proposal may become law, or it may not. Regardless, we will adopt it as a club rule.”
  3. adjective Paying no attention to; ignoring.
  4. adjective Taking insufficient regard of; heedless; careless.
  5. preposition (proscribed) Synonym of regardless of; paying no attention to. “Tatiana ate the cauliflower regardless its colour.”

Synonyms

anyway irregardless irrespective anyhow at any rate come what may in any case after all algate always any road up anyhoo anyroad anyways anywise anywho at all events be it what it would hab or nab however careless disregardless no matter disregarding

Antonyms

attentively carefully circumspectly gingerly

Etymology

From regard + -less.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Having no regard; heedless; careless; as, regardless of life, consequences, dignity.
  2. adjective Not regarded; slighted. [R.] Spectator.

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

Sanskrit

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

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