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

“objections” is a form of

objection

/əbˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/ noun, interjection

Forms objections objection!

  1. noun The act of objecting. “last-minute objection”
  2. noun A statement expressing opposition, or a reason or cause for expressing opposition (generally followed by the adposition to). “I have no objection to any person's religion.”
  3. noun (law) An official protest raised in a court of law during a legal trial over a violation of the rules of the court by the opposing party.
  4. interjection (chiefly US, law) An assertion that a question or statement is in violation of the rules of the court. “Objection! That is irrelevant to this case, Your Honor!”

Synonyms

quarrel complaint grievance expostulation remonstrance remonstration protest dissent

Etymology

From Middle French objection, from Old French objeccion, from Latin obiectio. Equivalent to object + -ion.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of objecting; as, to prevent agreement, or action, by objection. Johnson.
  2. noun That which is, or may be, presented in opposition; an adverse reason or argument; a reason for objecting; obstacle; impediment; as, I have no objection to going; unreasonable objections. "Objections against every truth." Tyndale.

Etymology [L. objectio: cf. F. objection.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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