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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excess

/ˈɛksɛs/ noun, adjective, verb

Forms excesses excessing excessed

  1. noun The state of surpassing or going beyond a limit; the state of being beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; more than what is usual or proper. “The excess of heavy water was given away to the neighbouring country.”
  2. noun The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder. “The difference between two numbers is the excess of one over the other.”
  3. noun An act of eating or drinking more than enough.
  4. noun (geometry) Spherical excess, the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area of the triangle.
  5. noun (UK, insurance) A condition on an insurance policy by which the insured pays for a part of the claim.
  6. adjective More than is normal, necessary or specified.
  7. verb (US, transitive) To declare (an employee) surplus to requirements, such that he or she might not be given work.

Synonyms

overage superabundance surplus deductible abundance acrasia acrasy fat excessiveness exuberance copiousness fecundity fertileness fertility fruitfulness fulth glut plus immoderation incontinence surplusage nimiety inordinateness surfeit overabundance overindulgence extra redundant spare supererogatory

Antonyms

deficiency lack shortage

Etymology

From Middle English exces (“excess, ecstasy”), from Old French exces, from Latin excessus (“a going out, loss of self-possession”), from excedere, excessum (“to go out, go beyond”). See exceed.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or prover; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess of provisions or of light.
  2. noun An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation.

Etymology [OE. exces, excess, ecstasy, L. excessus a going out, loss of self-possession, fr. excedere, excessum, to go out, go beyond: cf. F. excès. See Exceed.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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