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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consider

UK /kənˈsɪd.ə/ · US /kənˈsɪd.əɹ/ verb

Forms considers considering considered considre

  1. verb (transitive) To think about seriously. “Consider that we’ve had three major events and the year has hardly begun.”
  2. verb (intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.
  3. verb (transitive) To think about whether one will do (an action); to weigh as a possible course of action. “I’m considering going to the beach tomorrow.”
  4. verb (ditransitive) To assign some quality to. “Consider yourself lucky, but consider your opponent skillful.”
  5. verb (transitive) To look at attentively. “She sat there for a moment, considering him.”
  6. verb (transitive) To take up as an example. “Consider a triangle having three equal sides.”
  7. verb (transitive, parliamentary procedure) To debate (or dispose of) a motion. “This body will now consider the proposed amendments to Section 453 of the zoning code.”
  8. verb To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect. “He never seems to consider the feelings of others.”

Synonyms

bethink reflect take afterthink agitate call to mind chew chew over chew the cud cogitate contemplate deliberate introspect mull mull over muse overthink ponder meditate quander see reckon view regard study deal look at count weigh debate

Etymology

From Middle English consideren, from Middle French considerer, from Latin considerare.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to thank on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on. I will consider thy testimonies. Ps. cxix. 95.
  2. verb To look at attentively; to observe; to examine.
  3. verb To think seriously; to make examination; to reflect; to deliberate.
  4. verb To hesitate. [Poetic & R.] Dryden.

Etymology [F. considérer, L. considerare, -sideratum, to consider, view attentively, prob. fr. con- + sidus, sideris, star, constellation; orig., therefore, to look at the stars. See Sidereal, and cf. Desire.]

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

Sanskrit

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