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

apply

[əˈplaɪ] verb

Forms applies applying applied

  1. verb (transitive) To lay or place; to put (one thing to another) “to apply cream to a rash”
  2. verb (transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case “to apply funds to the repayment of a debt”
  3. verb (transitive) To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relevant. “We need to apply the skills we’ve learned to solve this problem.”
  4. verb (transitive) To put closely; to join; to engage and employ diligently or with attention.
  5. verb (reflexive) To work diligently and attentively. “My parents say I could do well in school if I would apply myself.”
  6. verb (transitive, usually reflexive) To address oneself; to refer.
  7. verb (intransitive) To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" or "at" designating the recipient of the submission, and the adposition "for" designating the position). “I recently applied to the tavern for a job as a bartender.”
  8. verb (intransitive) To pertain or be relevant. “That rule only applies to foreigners.”

Synonyms

appropriate devote use attach incline extend utilize utilise employ hold go for put on lend oneself give practice enforce implement

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English aplien, borrowed from Old French applier, from Latin applicō, from ad- + plicō (“fold; arrive”). See applicant, ply.

From apple + -y.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); --with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body.
  2. verb To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate; to devote; as, to apply money to the payment of a debt.
  3. verb To suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy; as, this argument applies well to the case.
  4. verb To make request; to have recourse with a view to gain something; to make application. (to); to solicit; as, to apply to a friend for information.

Etymology [OF. aplier, F. appliquer, fr. L. applicare to join, fix, or attach to; ad + plicare to fold, to twist together. See Applicant, Ply.]

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

Sanskrit

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