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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executive

UK /ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɪv/ · US /ɪɡˈzɛkjətɪv/ adjective, noun

Forms executives exe. exec. execu.

  1. adjective Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect.
  2. adjective Of, pertaining to, or having responsibility for the day-to-day running of an organisation, business, country, etc. “executive act”
  3. adjective Exclusive. “She works in an office with an executive bathroom.”
  4. noun A chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on their own authority.
  5. noun The branch of government that is responsible for enforcing laws and judicial decisions, and for the day-to-day administration of the state.
  6. noun A committee that manages the day-to-day running of an organisation. An executive committee. “She was on the executive of the Union of Democratic Mineworkers.”
  7. noun (computing) A process that coordinates and governs the action of other processes or threads; supervisor.

Synonyms

suit executive director administrator

Etymology

From Middle French executif, from Latin executivus, from Latin exsequi, from ex- ‘out’ + sequi ‘follow’.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect; as, executive talent; qualifying for, concerned with, or pertaining to, the execution of the laws or the conduct of affairs; as, executive power or authority; executive duties, officer, department, etc.
  2. noun An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who administers the government, whether king, president, or governor; the governing person or body.

Etymology [Cf.F. exécutif.]

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

Sanskrit

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