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.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

“adhering” is a form of

adhere

UK /ædˈhɪə/ · US /ædˈhɪɹ/ verb

Forms adheres adhering adhered adhære

  1. verb (intransitive) To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united. “Wax adhered to his finger.”
  2. verb (intransitive, figurative) To be attached or devoted by personal union, in belief, on principle, etc.
  3. verb (intransitive, figurative) To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree.
  4. verb (transitive) To fasten by adhesion.
  5. verb (intransitive, Scots law) To affirm a judgment.

Synonyms

cleave cling stick attach bond cohere conglutinate glue hug stick together stick with stand by stick by hold fast bind stick to

Antonyms

deadhere divide

Etymology

From Middle English *adheren (suggested by Middle English adherande (“adhering, adherent”, present participle)), from Latin adhaerēre, adhaesum: ad (“to”) + haerēre (“to stick”). Compare French adhérer.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.
  2. verb To hold, be attached, or devoted; to remain fixed, either by personal union or conformity of faith, principle, or opinion; as, men adhere to a party, a cause, a leader, a church.

Etymology [L. adhaerere, adhaesum; ad + haerere to stick: cf. F. adhérer. See Aghast.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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