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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absence

/ˈæb.s(ə)n̩s/ noun

Forms absences abs.

  1. noun A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship “Absence makes the heart grow fonder.”
  2. noun The period of someone being away. “During Jane's absence, Mark will be taking charge.”
  3. noun Failure to be present where one is expected, wanted, or needed; nonattendance; deficiency.
  4. noun Lack; deficiency; non-existence. “He had an absence of enthusiasm.”
  5. noun Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind). “absence of mind”
  6. noun (medicine) Temporary loss or disruption of consciousness, with sudden onset and recovery, and common in epilepsy.
  7. noun (fencing) Lack of contact between blades.

Synonyms

absentia missingness absence seizure

Antonyms

presence existence possession sufficiency

Etymology

From Middle English absence, from Old French absence, ausence, from Latin absentia, from absēns (“absent”), present active participle of absum (“to be away or absent”), from ab (“from, away from”) + sum (“to be”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; --opposed to presence.
  2. noun Want; destitution; withdrawal. "In the absence of conventional law." Kent.

Etymology [F., fr. L. absentia. See Absent.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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