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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abroad

/əˈbɹɔːd/ adverb, noun, preposition, adjective

Forms abrode overbroad abread abreed abrede abraid

  1. adverb Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries.
  2. adverb (dated) At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space. “A tree spreads its branches abroad.”
  3. adverb (dated) Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode.
  4. adverb (dated) Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; moving without restriction.
  5. adverb Not on target; astray; in error; confused; dazed.
  6. adverb (sports) Played elsewhere than one's home grounds.
  7. noun (rare, Scotland) Countries or lands abroad.
  8. preposition Throughout, over.
  9. adjective (nonstandard, chiefly non-native speakers' English) International.

Synonyms

overseas afield

Etymology

First attested in mid 13th century. From Middle English abrood (“broadly widely scattered”), from a- (“on, in”) + brood (“broad”). Equivalent to a- + broad.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adverb At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree spreads its branches abroad.
  2. adverb Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode; as, to walk abroad.

Etymology [Pref. a- + broad.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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