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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hinder

UK /ˈhɪndəː/ · US /ˈhɪndɚ/ verb, adjective, noun, proper noun

Also a form of hind

Forms hinders hindering hindered hindre

  1. verb (transitive) To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate. “A drought hinders the growth of plants.”
  2. verb (ambitransitive) To delay or impede; to keep back, to prevent. “She hindered a man from committing suicide.”
  3. verb (transitive, obsolete) To cause harm.
  4. adjective Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear or hind, or which follows.
  5. noun (slang, euphemistic) The buttocks.
  6. proper noun A surname.

Synonyms

delay frustrate hamper impede obstruct prevent thwart bar block restrain stop behedge blunt crimp foreclose difficult diminish forestay retroact interfere blockade stymie stymy embarrass handicap back hind

Antonyms

further assist expedite facilitate help aid abet hurdle nurture front fore

Etymology

From Middle English hindren, from Old English hindrian, from Proto-Germanic *hindrōną, *hinderōną (“to hinder”), from Proto-Germanic *hinder (“back”) (adverb). Cognate with Dutch hinderen and German hindern, Latin contra (“back, against”).

Inherited from Middle English hinder, comparative form of hind: more hind.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse.
  2. verb To keep back or behind; to prevent from starting or moving forward; to check; to retard; to obstruct; to bring to a full stop; - -often followed by from; as, an accident hindered the coach; drought hinders the growth of plants; to hinder me from going.
  3. verb To prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out. What hinders younger brothers, being fathers of families, from having the same right Locke.
  4. verb To interpose obstacles or impediments; to be a hindrance.

Etymology [OE. hindere, AS. hinder, adv., behind; akin to OHG. hintar, prep., behind, G. hinter, Goth. hindar; orig. a comparative, and akin to AS. hine hence. See Hence, He, and cf. Hind, a., Hindmost.]

Etymology [OE. hindren, hinderen, AS. hindrian, fr. hinder behind; akin to D. hinderen, G. hindern, OHG. hintar, Icel. & Sw. hindra, Dan. hindre. See Hinder, a.]

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

Sanskrit

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