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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empirical

/ɪmˈpɪɹɪkəl/ adjective, noun

Forms empiricals

  1. adjective Pertaining to or based on experience, as opposed to theory. “The lengths were calculated according to the empirical rules of the trade.”
  2. adjective Pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations made using the physical senses or using instruments which extend the senses.
  3. adjective (philosophy of science) Verifiable by means of scientific experimentation. “demonstrable with empirical evidence”
  4. noun A measurement or result achieved by empirical means.

Synonyms

empiric

Antonyms

theoretical anecdotal nonempirical

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Pertaining to, or founded upon, experiment or experience; depending upon the observation of phenomena; versed in experiments.
  2. adjective Depending upon experience or observation alone, without due regard to science and theory; --said especially of medical practice, remedies, etc.; wanting in science and deep insight; as, empiric skill, remedies. Empirical formula. (Chem.) See under Formula.

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