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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“decomposed” is a form of

decompose

UK /ˌdiːkəmˈpəʊz/ · US /ˌdikəmˈpoʊz/ verb

Forms decomposes decomposing decomposed

  1. verb (transitive) To separate or break down (something) into its components. “Various fungi can decompose wood.”
  2. verb (intransitive) To rot, decay or putrefy. “Plastics can take centuries to decompose.”

Synonyms

disintegrate fragment break down break up decay rot molder moulder

Antonyms

compose assemble recompose

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French décomposer. Equivalent to de- + compose.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay.
  2. verb To become resolved or returned from existing combinations; to undergo dissolution; to decay; to rot.

Etymology [Cf. F. décomposer. Cf. Discompose.]

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

Sanskrit

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