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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commitment

/kəˈmɪtmənt/ noun

Forms commitments

  1. noun The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.
  2. noun Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution.
  3. noun Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:
  4. noun Act of assuming a financial obligation at a future date.
  5. noun Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons.
  6. noun The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.
  7. noun Perpetration as in a crime or mistake.
  8. noun State of being pledged or engaged.

Synonyms

allegiance buy-in charge committal consignment dedication devoir duty engagement guarantee liability loyalty must need oath obligation ought pledge promise responsibility committedness

Etymology

From commit + -ment.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of commiting, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consigment; esp., the act of commiting to prison.
  2. noun A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; --more frequently termed a mittimus.

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