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.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

conduct

UK /ˈkɒndʌkt/ · US /ˈkɑndʌkt/ noun, verb

Forms conducts conducting conducted

  1. noun The act or method of controlling or directing.
  2. noun Skillful guidance or management.
  3. noun Behaviour; the manner of behaving. “Good conduct will be rewarded and likewise poor conduct will be punished.”
  4. noun (of a literary work) Plot.
  5. noun (obsolete) Convoy; escort; person who accompanies another.
  6. noun (archaic) Something which carries or conveys anything; a channel; an instrument; a conduit.
  7. noun (Anglicanism, obsolete outside fixed titles) A priest hired to hold services without secure title; now a chaplain.
  8. verb (archaic, transitive) To lead, or guide; to escort.
  9. verb (transitive) To lead; to direct; to be in charge of (people or tasks) “The commander conducted thousands of troops.”
  10. verb (transitive, reflexive) To behave. “He conducted himself well.”
  11. verb (transitive) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit (heat, light, electricity, etc.)
  12. verb (transitive, music) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
  13. verb (intransitive) To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
  14. verb (transitive) To carry out (something organized)

Synonyms

control guidance management leadership bearing behavior deportment demeanor action plot storyline abear abearance carriage comportment guise haviour manner mien accompany behaviour doings demeanour carry on deal lead direct behave acquit bear

Etymology

From Late Latin conductus (“defense, escort”), from Latin conductus, perfect passive participle of condūcō (“bring together”); see also conduce. Displaced native Old English þēaw. Doublet of conduit.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.
  2. noun Skillful guidance or management; generalship.
  3. verb To lead, or guide; to escort; to attend.
  4. verb To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on; as, to conduct the affairs of a kingdom.

Etymology [LL. conductus defense, escort, fr. L. conductus, p. p. of conducere. See Conduce, and cf. Conduit.]

Etymology [See Conduct, n.]

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

Sanskrit

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