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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coordination

UK /kəʊˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃən/ · US /koʊˌoɹdɪˈneɪʃən/ noun

Forms coordinations co-ordination

  1. noun The act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect.
  2. noun The resulting state of working together; cooperation; synchronization.
  3. noun The ability to coordinate one's senses and physical movements in order to act skillfully. “I’m terrible at sports; I have no coordination.”
  4. noun The state of being equal in rank or power.
  5. noun (grammar) An equal joining together of two or more phrases or clauses, for example, using and, or, or but.
  6. noun (chemistry) The reaction of one or more ligands with a metal ion to form a coordination compound.
  7. noun Dated spelling of coordination.

Synonyms

coordinateness

Antonyms

incoordination subordination

Etymology

From Middle French coordination, from Late Latin coōrdinātiōnem (accusative of coōrdinātiō), from con- + ōrdinātiō. Morphologically coordinate + -ion.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of coördinating; the act of putting in the same order, class, rank, dignity, etc.; as, the coördination of the executive, the legislative, and the judicial authority in forming a government; the act of regulating and combining so as to produce harmonious results; harmonious adjustment; as, a coördination of functions.
  2. noun The state of being coördinate, or of equal rank, dignity, power, etc. In this high court of parliament, there is a rare coördination of power. Howell.

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