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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competent

/ˈkɒmpətənt/ adjective

  1. adjective Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications. “He is a competent skier and an expert snowboarder.”
  2. adjective (law) Having jurisdiction or authority over a particular issue or question. “For any disagreements arising from this contract, the competent court shall be the Springfield Circuit Court.”
  3. adjective Adequate for the purpose.
  4. adjective (biology, medicine, of an organ, tissue, or system) Functionally in order; functioning adequately. “a competent sphincter;   a competent cervix;   a competent immune system”
  5. adjective (biology, of a cell wall) Permeable to foreign DNA.
  6. adjective (geology) Resistant to deformation or flow.

Antonyms

incompetent

Etymology

From Middle English competent, conpetent, from Old French competent (modern French compétent), from Latin competens, competentem, present participle of competō (“coincide, be equal to, be capable of”). Compare Dutch competent (“competent”), German kompetent (“competent”), Danish kompetent (“competent”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Answering to all requirements; adeqouate; sufficient; suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit. "A competent knowledge of the world." Arrerbury. "Competent age." Grafton. "Competent statesmen." Palfrey. /"A competent witness." Bouvier.
  2. adjective Rightfully or properly belonging; incident; --followed by to. [Rare, except in legal usage.]

Etymology [F. compétent, p. pr. of compéter to be in the competency of, LL. competere to strive after together, to agree with; hence, to be fit. See Compete.]

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

Sanskrit

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