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

delivery

/dɪˈlɪv.(ə.)ɹi/ noun

Forms deliveries

  1. noun The act of conveying something. “The delivery was completed by four.”
  2. noun The item which has been conveyed. “Your delivery is on the table.”
  3. noun (medicine, obstetrics) The act or process of a mother giving birth. “The delivery was painful.”
  4. noun (baseball) A pitching motion. “His delivery has a catch in it.”
  5. noun (baseball) A thrown pitch. “Here is the delivery; ... strike three!”
  6. noun The manner of speaking or singing. “The actor's delivery was flawless.”
  7. noun (medicine) The administration of a drug. “drug delivery system”
  8. noun (cricket) A ball bowled.

Synonyms

consignment childbirth parturition bringing manner of speaking speech livery legal transfer pitch rescue deliverance saving obstetrical delivery

Etymology

From Middle English deliveri et al., from Anglo-Norman, from Old French delivrer.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.
  2. noun The act of delivering up or over; surrender; transfer of the body or substance of a thing; distribution; as, the delivery of a fort, of hostages, of a criminal, of goods, of letters.

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

Sanskrit

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

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