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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contrary

UK /ˈkɒntɹəɹi/ · US /ˈkɑntɹɛɹi/ adjective, adverb, noun, verb

Forms contraries contrarying contraried

  1. adjective Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse. “contrary winds”
  2. adjective Opposed; contradictory; inconsistent.
  3. adjective Given to opposition; perverse; wayward. “a contrary disposition; a contrary child”
  4. adverb Contrarily
  5. noun The opposite.
  6. noun (logic) One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true, though they may both be false.
  7. noun (historical) A type of loaded die.
  8. verb (obsolete) To oppose; to frustrate.
  9. verb (obsolete) To impugn.
  10. verb (obsolete) To contradict (someone or something).
  11. verb (obsolete) To do the opposite of (someone or something).
  12. verb (obsolete) To act inconsistently or perversely; to act in opposition to.
  13. verb (obsolete) To argue; to debate; to uphold an opposite opinion.
  14. verb (obsolete) To be self-contradictory; to become reversed.

Synonyms

against the grain at cross purposes contradictory contrariant contrarious counter cross disagreeable opposed opposing refractory witherward reverse opposite obstinate perverse wayward adverse

Antonyms

cooperative synergistic unopposed

Etymology

From Middle English contrarie, compare French contraire, from Old French contraire, from Latin contrārius (“opposite, opposed, contrary”), from contrā (“against”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse; as, contrary winds.
  2. adjective Opposed; contradictory; repugnant; inconsistent.
  3. noun A thing that is of contrary or opposite qualities.
  4. noun An opponent; an enemy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Etymology [OE. contrarie, contraire, F. contraire, fr. L. contrarius, fr. contra. See Contra-.]

Etymology [F. contrarier. See Contrary, a.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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