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

aggressive

/əˈɡɹɛs.ɪv/ adjective, noun

Forms aggressives

  1. adjective Characterized by aggression; highly combative; prone to behave in a way that involves attacking (especially if unjustly) or arguing. “an aggressive policy, war, person, nation”
  2. adjective (video games, of an entity) Tends to attack the player while unprovoked. “Zombies are aggressive once you are near them.”
  3. adjective (especially programming, of a method or process) Exploiting every opportunity to be applied.
  4. adjective (pathology) Of a tumor or disease, that spreads quickly or extensively; virulent; malignant.
  5. adjective (finance) Involving high risk for potentially high reward. “an aggressive stock; an aggressive portfolio”
  6. adjective (US, LGBTQ, Black lesbian slang) Female but having a male or masculine gender presentation; butch.
  7. noun One who is aggressive.
  8. noun (US, LGBTQ, Black lesbian slang) A (Black) woman who presents as masculine; a butch.

Synonyms

bare-knuckle fast-growing strong-growing belligerent

Antonyms

passive unaggressive

Etymology

From aggress + -ive. Compare with French agressif.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation. -- Ag*gres"sive*ly, adv. -- Ag*gres"sive*ness, n.

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

Sanskrit

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