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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hearing

UK /ˈhɪə.ɹɪŋ/ · US /ˈhɪɹ.ɪŋ/ adjective, noun

Also a form of hear

Forms hearings

  1. adjective Able to hear, as opposed to deaf. “Deaf people often must deal with hearing people.”
  2. noun (uncountable) The sense used to perceive sound. “My hearing isn't what it used to be, but I still heard that noise.”
  3. noun (uncountable) The distance or physical region within which something may be heard; earshot. “She moved out of hearing and I lost the end of the sentence.”
  4. noun (countable) Something heard; a report or piece of news.
  5. noun (countable) The act by which something is heard; the act of perceiving by sound or the auditory sense.
  6. noun (uncountable) A proceeding at which discussions are heard. “There will be a public hearing to discuss the new traffic light.”
  7. noun (countable, law) A legal procedure done before a judge, without a jury, as with an evidentiary hearing.
  8. noun (informal, dated) A scolding.

Synonyms

audition audience earshot earreach listening auditory sense sense of hearing auditory modality

Antonyms

deaf nonhearing

Etymology

From Middle English herynge, equivalent to hear + -ing.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act or power of perceiving sound; perception of sound; the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived; as, my hearing is good.
  2. noun Attention to what is delivered; opportunity to be heard; audience; as, I could not obtain a hearing.

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

Sanskrit

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

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