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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magnify

UK /ˈmaɡnɪfaɪ/ · US /ˈmæɡnɪfaɪ/ verb

Forms magnifies magnifying magnified magnifie

  1. verb (transitive) To praise, glorify (someone or something, especially God).
  2. verb (transitive) To make (something) larger or more important.
  3. verb (transitive) To make (someone or something) appear greater or more important than it is; to intensify, exaggerate.
  4. verb (transitive) To make (something) appear larger by means of a lens, magnifying glass, telescope etc.
  5. verb (intransitive, slang, obsolete) To have effect; to be of importance or significance.

Synonyms

exalt extol laud aggrandize applaud enthrone appraise belaud bepraise commend cry up eulogize glorify honor idolize lionize panegyrize praise puff revere amplify overstate exaggerate overdraw hyperbolize hyperbolise blow up enlarge

Etymology

From Middle English magnifien, from Middle French magnifier, from Latin magnificāre, from magnificus.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To make great, or greater; to increase the dimensions of; to amplify; to enlarge, either in fact or in appearance; as, the microscope magnifies the object by a thousand diameters.
  2. verb To increase the importance of; to augment the esteem or respect in which one is held.
  3. verb To have the power of causing objects to appear larger than they really are; to increase the apparent dimensions of objects; as, some lenses magnify but little.
  4. verb To have effect; to be of importance or significance. [Cant & Obs.]

Etymology [OE. magnifien, F. magnifier, L. magnificare. See Magnific.]

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

Sanskrit

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