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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method

/ˈmɛθəd/ noun, verb

Forms methods methoding methoded

  1. noun (countable) A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something (followed by the adposition of, to or for before the purpose of the process). “If one method doesn't work, you should ask a friend to help you.”
  2. noun (uncountable) Systematicity, methodicalness, intentionality, order.
  3. noun (acting, often “the method”) A technique for acting based on the ideas articulated by Konstantin Stanislavski and focusing on authentically experiencing the inner life of the character being portrayed.
  4. noun (object-oriented programming) A subroutine or function belonging to a class or object.
  5. noun (slang) Marijuana.
  6. noun (dated) An instruction book systematically arranged.
  7. verb (transitive) To apply a method to.
  8. verb (casting, by extension, transitive) To apply particular treatment methods to (a mold). “The company employs extensive use of 3D modelling combined with solidification simulation to ensure that critical castings are properly methoded.”

Synonyms

method acting member function bhang benj boo broccoli bud buddha cannabis cheeba choof daccha dank devil's lettuce djamba doja doobage dope endo gage

Etymology

From Middle French methode, from Latin methodus, from Ancient Greek μέθοδος (méthodos). By surface analysis, met- + -hod. See also -ode and hodo-.

Abbreviation.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun An orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing anything; hence, manner; way; mode; as, a method of teaching languages; a method of improving the mind. Addison.
  2. noun Orderly arrangement, elucidation, development, or classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic arrangement peculiar to an individual.

Etymology [F. méthode, L. methodus, fr. Gr. meqodos method, investigation following after; meta` after + "odo`s way.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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