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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enlarge

UK /ɪnˈlɑːd͡ʒ/ · US /ɪnˈlɑɹd͡ʒ/ verb

Forms enlarges enlarging enlarged inlarge

  1. verb (transitive) To make (something) larger. “We'll need to enlarge our budget if we want to include the helicopter ride in our holiday.”
  2. verb (intransitive) To grow larger.
  3. verb (transitive) To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, etc. “Knowledge enlarges the mind.”
  4. verb (intransitive) To speak or write at length upon or on (some subject); expand; elaborate
  5. verb (archaic) To release; to set at large.
  6. verb (nautical) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; said of the wind.
  7. verb (law) To extend the time allowed for compliance with (an order or rule).

Synonyms

embiggen enlargen largen greaten add amplify augment dilate eke / eke out elevate enhance enrich grow increase increment magnify propagate raise strengthen swell blow up elaborate lucubrate expatiate exposit flesh out expand expound

Etymology

From Middle English enlargen, from Old French enlargier, enlargir. By surface analysis, en- + large.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To make larger; to increase in quantity or dimensions; to extend in limits; to magnify; as, the body is enlarged by nutrition; to enlarge one's house.
  2. verb To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, and the like; as, knowledge enlarges the mind.
  3. verb To grow large or larger; to be further extended; to expand; as, a plant enlarges by growth; an estate enlarges by good management; a volume of air enlarges by rarefaction.
  4. verb To speak or write at length; to be diffuse in speaking or writing; to expatiate; to dilate.

Etymology [OF. enlargier; pref. en- (L. in) + F. large wide. See Large.]

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

Sanskrit

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