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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standing

/ˈstændɪŋ/ adjective, noun, proper noun

Also a form of stand

Forms standings

  1. adjective Erect, not cut down.
  2. adjective Performed from an erect position. “standing ovation”
  3. adjective Remaining in force or status; ongoing. “standing committee”
  4. adjective Stagnant; not moving or flowing. “standing water”
  5. adjective Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting. “a standing colour”
  6. adjective Not movable; fixed. “a standing bed, distinguished from a trundle-bed”
  7. noun (figurative) Position or reputation in society or a profession. “He does not have much of a standing as a chemist.”
  8. noun Duration. “a member of long standing”
  9. noun The act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands.
  10. noun (sports) The position of a team in a league or of a player in a list. “After their last win, their standing went up three places.”
  11. noun (UK) Room in which to park a vehicle or vehicles
  12. noun (law) The right of a party to bring a legal action, based on the relationship between that party and the matter to which the action relates. “to have standing”
  13. noun (UK, slang, obsolete) The location on a street where a market trader habitually operates.
  14. proper noun A surname.

Synonyms

stock pitch

Antonyms

moving working running seated

Etymology

From Middle English standynge, stondynge, standende, stondinde, standande, stondande, from Old English standende, stondende, from Proto-Germanic *standandz (“standing”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *standaną (“to stand”), equivalent to stand + -ing.

From Middle English standyng, stonding, stondung, from Old English *standung, equivalent to stand + -ing.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Remaining erect; not cut down; as, standing corn.
  2. adjective Not flowing; stagnant; as, standing water.
  3. noun The act of stopping, or coming to a stand; the state of being erect upon the feet; stand.
  4. noun Maintenance of position; duration; duration or existence in the same place or condition; continuance; as, a custom of long standing; an officer of long standing.

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

Sanskrit

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