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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possibility

UK /ˌpɒs.ɪˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/ · US /ˌpɑ.səˈbɪl.ə.ti/ noun

Forms possibilities

  1. noun The quality of being possible. “'There is little possibility of that happening' 'I'd say there's rather a strongish possibility that it won't.'”
  2. noun A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being.
  3. noun An option or choice, usually used in context with future events.
  4. noun (obsolete) Capability, power or capacity to act.

Synonyms

possibleness contingency choice option alternative chance contingent eventuality potentiality hypothesis theory possible action opening

Antonyms

impossibility sure thing

Etymology

From Middle English possibilite, from Middle French possibilité (from Old French possibilite) and directly from Late Latin possibilitās (“possibility”), from Latin possibilis (“possible”); see possible. By surface analysis, possible + -ity.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The quality or state of being possible; the power of happening, being, or existing. "All possibility of error." Hooker. "Latent possibilities of excellence." Johnson.
  2. noun That which is possible; a contingency; a thing or event that may not happen; a contingent interest, as in real or personal estate.

Etymology [F. possibilité, L. possibilitas.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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