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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inform

UK /ɪnˈfɔːm/ · US /ɪnˈfɔɹm/ verb, adjective

Forms informs informing informed enform

  1. verb (transitive, archaic) To instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge).
  2. verb (transitive) To communicate knowledge to.
  3. verb (intransitive) To impart information or knowledge.
  4. verb To act as an informer; denounce.
  5. verb (transitive) To give form or character to; to inspire (with a given quality); to affect, influence (with a pervading principle, idea etc.). “His sense of religion informs everything he writes.”
  6. verb (intransitive, obsolete) To make known, wisely and/or knowledgeably.
  7. verb (transitive, formal) To direct, guide. “Don’t forget the code of ethics that informs this profession.”
  8. verb (intransitive, archaic) To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear.
  9. adjective Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.

Synonyms

acquaint dob materialize apprise notify name names peach snitch take shape advise discuss enlighten impart keep informed let know tell

Antonyms

encrypt disinform misguide misinform mislead withhold

Etymology

From Middle English informen, enformen, borrowed from Old French enformer, informer (“to train, instruct, inform”), from Latin īnfōrmō (“to shape, form, train, instruct, educate”), from in- (“into”) + fōrma (“form, shape”), equivalent to in- + form.

From Latin īnfōrmis.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed. Cotton.
  2. verb To give form or share to; to give vital ororganizing power to; to give life to; to imbue and actuate with vitality; to animate; to mold; to figure; to fashion.
  3. verb To communicate knowledge to; to make known to; to acquaint; to advise; to instruct; to tell; to notify; to enlighten; --usually followed by of. For he would learn their business secretly, And then inform his master hastily. Spenser.
  4. verb To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear. [Obs.]

Etymology [L. informis; pref. in- not + forma form, shape: cf. F. informe]

Etymology [OE. enformen, OF. enformer, F. informer. L. informare; pref. in- in + formare to form, share, fr. forma form. See Form.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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