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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available

/əˈveɪ.lə.bəl/ adjective

  1. adjective Such as one may avail oneself of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a purpose. “We have an available candidate.”
  2. adjective Readily obtainable. “The list shows the available products in the store.”
  3. adjective (law) Valid. “This is an available plea.”
  4. adjective (archaic) Having sufficient power, force, or efficacy to achieve the purpose; availing, effective.
  5. adjective Free to meet someone, speak on the telephone, enter a romantic relationship, or the like. “I have a question for you when you're available.”

Synonyms

usable profitable advantageous disponible vacant gettable on offer going valid uncommitted useable

Antonyms

unavailable taken

Etymology

From Middle English available, avayllable, avayleable, equivalent of avail + -able.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Having sufficient power, force, or efficacy, for the object; effectual; valid; as, an available plea. [Obs.]
  2. adjective Such as one may avail one's self of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a purpose; usable; profitable; advantageous; convertible into a resource; as, an available measure; an available candidate.

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

Sanskrit

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