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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possession

/pəˈzɛʃn̩/ noun, verb

Forms possessions possessioning possessioned

  1. noun A control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights.
  2. noun Something that is owned. “The car quickly became his most prized possession.”
  3. noun An ownership; a taking, a holding, keeping something as one's own. “The car is in my possession.”
  4. noun A territory under the rule of another country. “Réunion is the largest of France's overseas possessions.”
  5. noun The condition or affliction of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity. “Back then, people with psychiatric disorders were sometimes thought to be victims of demonic possession.”
  6. noun The condition of being under the control of strong emotion or madness.
  7. noun (sports) A control of the ball; the opportunity to be on the offensive. “The scoreboard shows a little football symbol next to the name of the team that has possession.”
  8. noun (Australian rules football) A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
  9. verb (obsolete, transitive) To invest with property.

Synonyms

ight aught belongings owndom property propriety retention ownership proprietorship enthusiasm monomania self-control self-possession willpower will power self-command self-will

Antonyms

absence

Etymology

From Latin possessiō, possessiōnis. Equivalent to possess + -ion.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.
  2. noun The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful.
  3. verb To invest with property. [Obs.]

Etymology [F. possession, L. possessio.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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