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

definition

/ˌdɛf.ɪˈnɪʃ.ən/ noun

Forms definitions

  1. noun (semantics, lexicography) A statement of the meaning of a word, word group, sign, or symbol; especially, a dictionary definition. “Your definition of "elephant" needs to be more precise than "a big animal with large ears".”
  2. noun (usually with the definite article the) A clear instance conforming to the dictionary or textbook definition.
  3. noun A statement expressing the essential nature of something; formulation.
  4. noun The action or process of defining.
  5. noun The act of defining; determination of the limits.
  6. noun A product of defining.
  7. noun The action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite and clear. “Her comic genius is beyond definition.”
  8. noun Clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail. “The definition of a telescope.”

Synonyms

meaning

Etymology

From Middle English diffinicioun, from Middle French definition, from Latin dēfīnītiō, from dēfīniō. Equivalent to define + -ition.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of defining; determination of the limits; as, the telescope accurate in definition.
  2. noun Act of ascertaining and explaining the signification; a description of a thing by its properties; an explanation of the meaning of a word or term; as, the definition of "circle;" the definition of "wit;" an exact definition; a loose definition.

Etymology [L. definitio: cf. F. définition.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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