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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appraise

/əˈpɹeɪz/ verb

Forms appraises appraising appraised apprize

  1. verb (transitive) To determine the value or worth of (something), particularly as a person appointed for this purpose. “to appraise goods and chattels”
  2. verb (transitive) To consider comprehensively.
  3. verb (transitive) To judge the performance of someone, especially a worker. “At the end of the contract, you will be appraised by your line manager.”
  4. verb (transitive) To estimate; to conjecture.
  5. verb (transitive) To praise; to commend.
  6. verb (transitive, proscribed) To apprise, inform.

Synonyms

apprise apprize evaluate interpret look upon think of account count esteem see censure consider deem hold dub find judge regard as respect view as measure valuate assess value survey

Antonyms

discount misappraise

Etymology

From Middle English apreisen, from Old French aprisier (“apraise, set a price on”) (compare modern French apprécier), from Late Latin appretiare, from ad- + Latin pretium (“price, value”) (English precious), from which also appreciate, a doublet.

Form of apprise in use since 1706 but considered incorrect by some.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.
  2. verb To estimate; to conjecture.

Etymology [Pref. ad- + praise. See Praise, Price, Apprize, Appreciate.]

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