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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compromise

UK /ˈkɒmpɹəˌmaɪz/ · US /ˈkɑmpɹəˌmaɪz/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms compromises compromising compromised

  1. noun The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.
  2. noun A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender. “a compromise of character or right”
  3. noun (computer security) A breach of a computer or network's rules such that an unauthorized disclosure or loss of sensitive information may have occurred, or the unauthorized disclosure or loss itself.
  4. verb (ambitransitive) To bind by mutual agreement.
  5. verb To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
  6. verb (intransitive) To find a way between extremes.
  7. verb To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion.
  8. verb (transitive) To cause impairment of.
  9. verb (transitive) To illegally expose.
  10. verb (transitive) To breach (a security system). “They tried to compromise the security in the computer by guessing the password.”
  11. proper noun A township in Champaign County, Illinois, United States.

Synonyms

split the difference via media

Etymology

From Middle French compromis, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin compromissum (“a compromise, originally a mutual promise to refer to arbitration”), prop. neuter of Latin compromissus, past participle of compromittere (“to make a mutual promise to abide by the decision of an arbiter”), from com- (“together”) + promittere (“to promise”); see promise.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators. [Obs.] Burrill.
  2. noun A settlement by arbitration or by mutual consent reached by concession on both sides; a reciprocal abatement of extreme demands or rights, resulting in an agreement.
  3. verb To bind by mutual agreement; to agree. [Obs.]
  4. verb To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.

Etymology [F. compromis, fr. L. compromissum a mutual promise to abide by the decision of an arbiter, fr. compromittere to make such a promise; com- + promittere to promise. See Promise.]

Etymology [From Compromise, n.; cf. Compromit.]

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