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

“duties” is a form of

duty

/ˈdjuː.ti/ noun, proper noun

Forms duties Dutys dutie

  1. noun (countable, uncountable) That which one is morally or legally obligated to do. “Do your duty by me! -No, we don't have a duty to keep you abreast.”
  2. noun (uncountable) The state of being at work and responsible for or doing a particular task. “I’m on duty from 6 pm to 6 am.”
  3. noun (countable) An excise tax; especially, one on imports or exports. “customs duty”
  4. noun (obsolete) One's due, something one is owed; a debt or fee.
  5. noun (obsolete) Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage.
  6. noun (engineering) The efficiency of an engine in work done per unit of fuel; particularly, the number of pounds of water which a steam pumping engine can raise one foot by burning one bushel or hundredweight of coal.
  7. noun (euphemistic) The act of urination or defecation, especially for a dog.
  8. proper noun A surname.

Synonyms

obligation excise duty responsibility tariff

Antonyms

duty-free right

Etymology

From Middle English duete, from Middle English dewe + Middle English -te. Equivalent to due + -ty.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun That which is due; payment. [Obs. as signifying a material thing.]
  2. noun That which a person is bound by moral obligation to do, or refrain from doing; that which one ought to do; service morally obligatory.

Etymology [From Due.]

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

Sanskrit

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