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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obsession

/əbˈsɛʃən/ noun

Forms obsessions

  1. noun (uncountable) The quality of being obsessed; an unshakeable feeling that one topic or activity must be pursued above other interests. “My obsession with rugby resulted in me spending years following the sport.”
  2. noun (countable) An idea that engenders a compulsive or irrational preoccupation, or the preoccupation thereby engendered. “The downfall of the chairman is an obsession that consumes Laura's time.”
  3. noun (countable) An activity or entity that inspires a compulsive and potentially unhealthy fixation, or the fixation thereby inspired. “Editing Wikipedia started as a hobby, but it's turned into a complete obsession of mine.”
  4. noun (uncountable) Influence or control by evil spirits without possession.

Synonyms

obsessedness idée fixe kick compulsion fixation

Etymology

From Latin obsessio (“a besieging”), from obsidere (“to besiege”); see obsess. Equivalent to obsess + -ion.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of besieging. Johnson.
  2. noun The state of being besieged; --used specifically of a person beset by a spirit from without. Tylor.

Etymology [L. obsessio: cf.F. obsession.]

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