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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sufficient

/səˈfɪʃənt/ determiner, adjective

Forms suff.

  1. determiner An adequate quantity of; enough. “We have sufficient supplies to last the winter.”
  2. determiner (as pronoun) A quantity (of something) that is as large as is needed. “We don't need any more; we already have sufficient.”
  3. adjective Of a type or kind that suffices, that satisfies requirements or needs. “This is a necessary condition but not a sufficient one.”
  4. adjective Possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; of competent power or ability; qualified; fit.
  5. adjective (archaic) Capable of meeting obligations; responsible.
  6. adjective (obsolete) Having enough money to meet obligations and live comfortably.

Antonyms

insufficient nonsufficient unsufficient

Etymology

From Old French sufisanz, soficient, from Latin sufficiēns, present participle of sufficiō.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent; as, provision sufficient for the family; an army sufficient to defend the country.
  2. adjective Possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; of competent power or ability; qualified; fit. Who is sufficient for these things 2 Cor. ii. 16.

Etymology [L. sufficiens, -entis, p.pr. of sufficere: cf. F. suffisant. See Suffice.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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