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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brighten

[ˈbɹaɪ̯ʔn̩] verb

Forms brightens brightening brightened brightenest brightenedst brighteneth

  1. verb (transitive) To make bright or brighter in color. “We brightened the room with a new coat of paint.”
  2. verb (transitive) To make illustrious, or more distinguished; to add luster or splendor to
  3. verb (transitive, figuratively) To make more cheerful and pleasant; to enliven “to brighten one’s prospects”
  4. verb (intransitive) To grow bright, or more bright in color; to clear up “The sun starts to brighten around this time of the year.”
  5. verb (intransitive) To become brighter or more cheerful in mood “She brightened when I changed the subject.”

Synonyms

lighten up lighten clear up clear light up

Antonyms

darken

Etymology

From bright + -en.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To make bright or brighter; to make to shine; to increase the luster of; to give a brighter hue to.
  2. verb To make illustrious, or more distinguished; to add luster or splendor to. The present queen would brighten her character, if she would exert her authority to instill virtues into her people. Swift.
  3. verb To grow bright, or more bright; to become less dark or gloomy; to clear up; to become bright or cheerful.

Etymology [AS. beorhtan.]

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

Sanskrit

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