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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suffer

UK /ˈsʌfə/ · US /ˈsʌfɚ/ verb

Forms suffers suffering suffered sufferest sufferedst suffereth

  1. verb (intransitive) To undergo hardship. “Many artists suffer before becoming famous.”
  2. verb (intransitive) To feel pain. “At least he didn't suffer when he died in the car crash.”
  3. verb (intransitive) To become worse. “If you keep partying like this, your school-work will suffer.”
  4. verb (transitive) To endure, undergo. “I've been suffering your insults for years.”
  5. verb (transitive, archaic, law) To allow.

Synonyms

agonize anguish thole deteriorate worsen atrophy break down crack decline degenerate devolve confound fade fall off go bad go downhill go left go off go pear-shaped go sideways endure sustain have get digest stick out stomach bear stand tolerate

Antonyms

be pleased luxuriate relax enjoy be well

Etymology

From Middle English suffren, from Anglo-Norman suffrir, from Latin sufferre (“to offer, hold up, bear, suffer”), from sub- (“up, under”) + ferō (“to carry”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”). Displaced native Old English þrōwian.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind.
  2. verb To endure or undergo without sinking; to support; to sustain; to bear up under.
  3. verb To feel or undergo pain of body or mind; to bear what is inconvenient; as, we suffer from pain, sickness, or sorrow; we suffer with anxiety.
  4. verb To undergo punishment; specifically, to undergo the penalty of death.

Etymology [OE. suffren, soffren, OF. sufrir, sofrir, F. souffrir, (assumed) LL. sofferire, for L. sufferre; sub under + ferre to bear, akin to E. bear. See Bear to support.]

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

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