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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consequence

UK /ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwəns/ · US /ˈkɑn.sɪ.kwəns/ noun, verb

Forms consequences consequencing consequenced

  1. noun An effect; something that follows a cause as a result.
  2. noun An unwanted or unpleasant effect. “I'm warning you. If you don't get me the report on time, there will be consequences.”
  3. noun consecution; chain of causes and effects.
  4. noun conclusion, deduction or inference; the thing concluded.
  5. noun (especially when preceded by "of") Importance, influence, or significance. “My opinions are of no consequence whatsoever to my parents.”
  6. verb (transitive) To threaten or punish (a child, etc.) with specific consequences for misbehaviour.

Synonyms

repercussion implication moment distinction rank value aftercome effect outcome result event issue upshot aftermath import

Antonyms

inconsequence

Etymology

From Middle English consequence, from Old French consequence, from Latin consequentia. While analysable as con- + sequence, its adjective form has a different origin.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause; a result.
  2. noun A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference.

Etymology [L., consequentia: cf. F. conséquence. See Consequent.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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