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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onward

/ˈɒnwəd/ adjective, adverb, verb

Forms onwards onwarding onwarded

  1. adjective (not comparable) Moving forward. “There was an onward rush as the gates opened.”
  2. adjective Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end.
  3. adverb In a forward direction.
  4. verb (intransitive) To keep going; to progress or persevere.
  5. verb (transitive) To pass (something) onward; to forward.

Synonyms

onwards forth forward ahead forwards forrader

Etymology

From on + -ward.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Moving in a forward direction; tending toward a contemplated or desirable end; forward; as, an onward course, progress, etc.
  2. adjective Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end. Within a while, Philoxenus came to see how onward the fruits were of his friend's labor. Sir P. Sidney.
  3. adverb Toward a point before or in front; forward; progressively; as, to move onward.

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

Sanskrit

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