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

“aspects” is a form of

aspect

/ˈæspɛkt/ noun, verb

Forms aspects aspecting aspected

  1. noun Any specific feature, part, or element of something. “Japan's aging population is an important aspect of its economy.”
  2. noun The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective. “The stone has a greenish aspect in this light.”
  3. noun The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view. “in certain aspects [ = in certain respects]”
  4. noun A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something.
  5. noun One's appearance or expression.
  6. noun Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass. “The house has a southern aspect, i.e. a position which faces the south.”
  7. noun Prospect; outlook.
  8. noun (grammar) A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event which the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding.
  9. verb (astrology, of a planet) To have a particular aspect or type of aspect.
  10. verb (Wicca) To channel a divine being.
  11. verb (obsolete) To look at.

Synonyms

component facet feature hue respect front appearance look blee view prospect scene vista panorama expression facial expression face

Etymology

From Middle English aspect, from Latin aspectus (“look, sight; appearance”), from aspiciō (“see; catch sight of; inspect”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + speciō (“look, look at, behold; observe”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of looking; vision; gaze; glance. [R.] "The basilisk killeth by aspect." Bacon.
  2. noun Look, or particular appearance of the face; countenance; mien; air. "Serious in aspect." Dryden.
  3. verb To behold; to look at. [Obs.]

Etymology [L. aspectus, fr. aspicere, aspectum, to look at; ad + spicere, specere, to look, akin to E. spy.]

Etymology [L. aspectare, v. intens. of aspicere. See Aspect, n.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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