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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permit

UK /pəˈmɪt/ · US /pɚˈmɪt/ verb, noun

Forms permits permitting permitted

  1. verb (transitive) To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for.
  2. verb (transitive) To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to.
  3. verb (intransitive) To allow for, to make something possible.
  4. verb (intransitive) To allow, to admit (of).
  5. verb (transitive, pronounced like noun) To grant formal authorization for (something). “The Building Department permitted that project last week.”
  6. verb (transitive, pronounced like noun) To attempt to obtain or succeed in obtaining formal authorization for (something). “We've been busy permitting the State Street development.”
  7. verb (now archaic, rare) To hand over, resign (something to someone).
  8. noun An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal. “A construction permit can be obtained from the town offices.”
  9. noun A learner's permit.
  10. noun (obsolete) Formal permission.
  11. noun A pompano of the species Trachinotus falcatus.

Synonyms

allowance authorization sanction authority clearance consent leave license mandate permission warrant licence Trachinotus falcatus allow let countenance tolerate

Antonyms

forbid

Etymology

From Middle English permitten, borrowed from Middle French permettre, from Latin permittō (“give up, allow”), from per (“through”) + mittō (“send”).

An irregular borrowing from Spanish palometa, probably from a Doric variant of Ancient Greek πηλαμύς (pēlamús, “young tuna”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To consent to; to allow or suffer to be done; to tolerate; to put up with.
  2. verb To grant (one) express license or liberty to do an act; to authorize; to give leave; --followed by an infinitive.
  3. verb To grant permission; to allow.
  4. noun Warrant; license; leave; permission; specifically, a written license or permission given to a person or persons having authority; as, a permit to land goods subject to duty.

Etymology [L. permittere, permissum, to let through, to allow, permit; per + mittere to let go, send. See Per-, and Mission.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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