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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condescend

UK /ˌkɒndɪˈsɛnd/ · US /ˌkɑndəˈsɛnd/ verb

Forms condescends condescending condescended condescendest condescendedst condescendeth

  1. verb (obsolete) To come down or go down; to descend.
  2. verb To come down from a superior position and do something; to deign; (with a negative connotation) to stoop. “The boss condescended not to sack him after much persuasion from his coworkers.”
  3. verb To treat someone as though inferior; to talk down to someone; to patronize.
  4. verb Chiefly followed by on or upon: to go into detail; to particularize, to specify.
  5. verb (obsolete) To agree to something; to accede, to assent, to consent; also, to reach an agreement.
  6. verb (obsolete) To give way or yield in a deferential manner; to be amenable or compliant.
  7. verb (obsolete) To graciously give; to vouchsafe.
  8. verb (obsolete) To reach a certain point; to settle on.

Synonyms

belittle deign descend stoop lower oneself patronize patronise

Antonyms

discondescend

Etymology

From Middle English condescenden, condescendre (“to deign, condescend; to accede graciously; to agree; to agree to, give consent; to make a concession, yield; etc.”), from Old French condescendre (“to descend, go down; to agree or assent to”) (modern French condescendre), from Ecclesiastical Latin condēscendere, the present active infinitive of condēscendō (“to stoop down; to condescend”), from Latin con- (prefix denoting a bringing together of several objects) + dēscendō (“to come or go down, descend; to stoop down”) (from dē- (prefix denoting reversal or undoing) + scandō (“to ascend, mount; to clamber”) (from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to climb, scale; to dart; to jump; etc.”))).

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To stoop or descend; to let one's self down; to submit; to waive the privilege of rank or dignity; to accommodate one's self to an inferior. "Condescend to men of low estate." Rom. xii. 16.
  2. verb To consent. [Obs.]

Etymology [F. condescendre, LL. condescendere, fr. L. con- + descendere. See Descend.]

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

Sanskrit

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