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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definite

/ˈdɛfɪnɪt/ adjective, noun

Forms definites

  1. adjective Having distinct limits. “definite dimensions; a definite measure; a definite period or interval”
  2. adjective Free from any doubt. “definite knowledge”
  3. adjective Determined; resolved; decided.
  4. adjective (linguistics) Designating an identified or immediately identifiable person or thing, or group of persons or things “the definite article”
  5. noun (grammar) A word or phrase that designates a specified or identified person or entity.
  6. noun (obsolete) Anything that is defined or determined.

Synonyms

unquestionable finite limited

Antonyms

indefinite nebulous vague

Etymology

From Latin dēfīnītus, past participle of dēfīniō, whence also English define.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Having certain or distinct; determinate in extent or greatness; limited; fixed; as, definite dimensions; a definite measure; a definite period or interval.
  2. adjective Having certain limits in signification; determinate; certain; precise; fixed; exact; clear; as, a definite word, term, or expression.
  3. noun A thing defined or determined. [Obs.]

Etymology [L. definitis, p. p. of definire: cf. F. défini. See Define.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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