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.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

follower

/ˈfɒləʊə(ɹ)/ noun

Forms followers

  1. noun (literally) One who follows, comes after another.
  2. noun Something that comes after another thing.
  3. noun One who is a part of master's physical group, such as a servant or retainer.
  4. noun One who follows mentally, adherer to the opinions, ideas or teachings of another, a movement etc.
  5. noun An imitator, who follows another's example.
  6. noun A pursuer.
  7. noun (social media) An account holder who subscribes to see content from another account on a social media platform. “I have over 50 followers on Twitter, but all my tweets only get 10 likes.”
  8. noun A machine part receiving motion from another.

Synonyms

adherent disciple

Antonyms

leader precursor

Etymology

From Middle English folwer, folwere, folewer, from Old English folgere (“follower; attendant; disciple”), equivalent to follow + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foulger, West Frisian folger, Dutch volger, German Folger, Swedish följare.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun 1. One who follows; a pursuer; an attendant; a disciple; a dependent associate; a retainer.
  2. noun A sweetheart; a beau. [Colloq.] A. Trollope.

Etymology [OE. folwere, AS. folgere.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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