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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further

UK /ˈfɜːðə/ · US /ˈfɝ.ðɚ/ verb, adjective, adverb

Also a form of far furthest upcountry

Forms furthers furthering furthered farther

  1. verb (transitive) To help forward; to assist.
  2. verb (transitive) To encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote. “Further the economy.”
  3. adjective (comparative form of far) More distant; relatively distant. “See those two lampposts? Run to the further one.”
  4. adjective More, additional. “I have one further comment to make.”
  5. adverb (comparative form of far) To, at or over a greater distance in space, time or other extent. “I can run further than you.”
  6. adverb (comparative form of far) To a greater extent or degree. “Of the two civilisations, this one was further advanced.”
  7. adverb Beyond what is already stated or is already the case. “Chapter 10 further explains the ideas introduced in Chapter 9.”
  8. adverb (conjunctive) Also; in addition; furthermore; moreover. “It is overlong, and further, it makes no sense.”
  9. adverb (with to) Following on (from). “Further to our recent telephone call, I am writing to clarify certain points raised.”

Synonyms

foster promote advance boost encourage farther

Antonyms

hinder

Etymology

From Middle English further, forther, from Old English forþor, furþor (“further”, adverb), from Proto-West Germanic *furþer, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (a common preposition), equivalent to fore + -ther (a vestigial comparative ending still present in such words as other, either, whether, and, in altered form, in after); or as sometimes stated, as forth + -er. Cognate with Scots forder, furder (“further”), Saterland Frisian foarder (“further”), West Frisian fierder (“further”), Dutch verder (“further”), German fürder (“further”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adverb To a greater distance; in addition; moreover. See Farther.
  2. adjective More remote; at a greater distance; more in advance; farther; as, the further end of the field. See Farther.
  3. adjective Beyond; additional; as, a further reason for this opinion; nothing further to suggest.
  4. verb To help forward; to promote; to advance; to forward; to help or assist.

Etymology [A comparative of forth; OE. further, forther, AS. fur, far; akin to G. fürder. See Forth, adv.]

Etymology [OE. furthren, forthren, AS. fyredhran, fyredhrian. See Further, adv.]

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

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