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

impression

/ɪmˈpɹɛʃn̩/ noun, verb

Forms impressions impressioning impressioned

  1. noun The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another. “His head made an impression on the pillow.”
  2. noun The overall effect of something, e.g., on a person. “He tried to make a good impression on his parents.”
  3. noun A vague recalling of an event, a belief. “I have the impression that he's already left for Paris.”
  4. noun An impersonation, an imitation of the mannerisms of another person.
  5. noun An outward appearance.
  6. noun (Internet) A performance metric representing an instance where a post or ad is shown once.
  7. noun (painting) The first coat of colour, such as the priming in house-painting etc.
  8. noun (engraving) A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, etc.
  9. verb To manipulate a blank key within a lock so as to mark it with impressions of the shape of the lock, which facilitates creation of a duplicate key.

Synonyms

take perception feeling belief notion opinion effect mental picture picture depression imprint stamp printing

Etymology

From Old French impression, from Latin impressio. Equivalent to impress + -ion.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence.
  2. noun That which is impressed; stamp; mark; indentation; sensible result of an influence exerted from without.

Etymology [F. impression, L. impressio.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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