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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combination

UK /ˌkɒmbɪˈneɪʃən/ · US /ˌkɑmbɪˈneɪʃən/ noun

Forms combinations

  1. noun The act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining. “combinations of colors”
  2. noun An object formed by combining. “The chef experimented with new flavor combinations.”
  3. noun A sequence of numbers or letters used to open a combination lock. “The combination to their safe was the date of birth of their first child.”
  4. noun (mathematics) One or more elements selected from a set without regard to the order of selection.
  5. noun An association or alliance of people for some common purpose.
  6. noun (billiards) A shot where the cue ball hits a ball that strikes another ball on the table.
  7. noun (motorcycling) A motorcycle and sidecar.
  8. noun (boxing, martial arts) A rapid sequence of punches or strikes in boxing or other combat sports.

Synonyms

fusion merger confection meld billiard combination shot combinations combining compounding

Antonyms

division separation permutation

Etymology

From Middle English combinacioun, combynacyoun, from Old French combination, from Late Latin combīnātiō. Morphologically combine + -ation.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act or process of combining or uniting persons and things.
  2. noun The result of combining or uniting; union of persons or things; esp. a union or alliance of persons or states to effect some purpose; --usually in a bad sense.

Etymology [LL. combinatio. See Combine.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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