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

“contacting” is a form of

contact

UK /ˈkɒntækt/ · US /ˈkɑntækt/ noun, verb

Forms contacts contacting contacted

  1. noun The act of touching physically; being in close association.
  2. noun The establishment of communication (with). “I haven't been in contact with her for years.”
  3. noun The situation of being within sight of something; visual contact.
  4. noun A nodule designed to connect a device with something else. “Touch the contact to ground and read the number again.”
  5. noun Someone who can be contacted, or with whom one is in communication. “Who is the company's contact for sales queries?”
  6. noun (by extension) A means of communication with a person, especially in the form of a telephone number.
  7. noun (informal) A contact lens.
  8. noun (electricity) A device designed for repetitive connections.
  9. verb (transitive) To touch; to come into physical contact with. “The side of the car contacted the pedestrian.”
  10. verb (transitive) To establish communication with (something or someone). “I am trying to contact my sister.”

Synonyms

reach physical contact impinging striking middleman liaison link inter-group communication tangency touch contact lens get through get hold of adjoin meet

Etymology

From Latin contactus, from contingō (“to touch on all sides”), from tangō (“to touch”). Used in English since the 17th century.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.
  2. noun The property of two curves, or surfaces, which meet, and at the point of meeting have a common direction.

Etymology [L. contactus, fr. contingere, -tactum, to touch on all sides. See Contingent.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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