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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establishment

/ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ.mənt/ noun, proper noun

Forms establishments

  1. noun The act or process of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation. “Since their establishment of the company in 1984, they have grown into a global business.”
  2. noun The state of being established, founded, etc.; fixed state. “The firm celebrated twenty years since their establishment by updating their look.”
  3. noun That which is established; as a form of government, a permanent organization, business or force, or the place where one is permanently fixed for residence. “Pedro's is a fine establishment serving a variety of delicious food.”
  4. noun The ruling class or authority group in a society; especially, an entrenched authority dedicated to preserving the status quo. “It was clear that they viewed the British establishment as qualitatively different from the French establishment.”
  5. noun The number of staff required to run a department or organisation (often used in the context of healthcare and other public services). “The cancer department has an establishment of 10 doctors and 30 nurses.”
  6. noun (Christianity) The institution and official status of a church as a state church, especially that of the Church of England and historically of Ireland. “Not all Anglicans have supported establishment.”
  7. proper noun Any particular establishment (ruling class) that is construed as the sole one within a given context (such as a specific country). “By the late 1780s, it was clear that many French had had it with the Establishment.”

Synonyms

foundation constitution formation organization organisation institution administration governance governing body brass ecesis validation

Antonyms

abolition disestablishment

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English *establishment, stablishment, stablisshement, from Old French establissement (modern French établissement), from the verb establir. By surface analysis, establish + -ment.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.
  2. noun The state of being established, founded, and the like; fixed state.

Etymology [Cf. OF. establissement, F. établissement.]

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

Sanskrit

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