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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compliance

/kəmˈplaɪ.əns/ noun

Forms compliances

  1. noun An act of complying. “strict compliance”
  2. noun (uncountable) The state of being compliant. “The software ensures compliance with data protection laws.”
  3. noun (uncountable) The tendency of conforming with or agreeing to the wishes of others. “His quick compliance with the order impressed the officer.”
  4. noun (mechanics) A measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure; its flexibility.
  5. noun (medicine) The accuracy with which a patient follows an agreed treatment plan.
  6. noun (uncountable, business) The department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with.

Synonyms

compliancy conformity conformation abidance complaisance obligingness deference submission

Antonyms

non-compliance noncompliance violation

Etymology

See Comply.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of complying; a yielding; as to a desire, demand, or proposal; concession; submission.
  2. noun A disposition to yield to others; complaisance.

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

Sanskrit

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

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