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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possible

UK /ˈpɒs.ə.bəl/ · US /ˈpɑ.sə.bəl/ adjective, noun

Forms possibles

  1. adjective (usually not comparable) Able but not certain to happen; neither inevitable nor impossible. “Rain tomorrow is possible, but I wouldn't bet on it.”
  2. adjective (comparable) Capable of being done or achieved; feasible. “It's possible for anyone to learn to play the bagpipes.”
  3. adjective Being considered, e.g. for a position. “Jones and Smith are both possible for the opening in sales.”
  4. adjective Apparently valid, likely, plausible.
  5. noun (colloquial, rare) A possible choice, notably someone being considered for a position. “Jones is a possible for the new opening in sales.”
  6. noun (colloquial, rare) That which is possible for somebody.
  7. noun (rare) A particular event that may happen.

Synonyms

futurable achievable doable viable likely plausible candidate possibility option potential

Antonyms

certain inevitable impossible implausible no-go

Etymology

From Middle English possible, from Old French possible, from Latin possibilis (“possible”), from posse, possum (“to be able”); see power. Displaced Middle English acumendlic (“possible”), from Old English ācumendlīċ (“possible”). Compare also Old English mihtelīċ (“strong, capable, powerful, possible”), which was cognate with Old High German mahtlīh (“possible”) and Old Norse máttulígr (“mighty, possible”). Compare also Dutch mogelijk (“possible”) and German möglich (“possible”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Capable of existing or occurring, or of being conceived or thought of; able to happen; capable of being done; not contrary to the nature of things; --sometimes used to express extreme improbability; barely able to be, or to come to pass; as, possibly he is honest, as it is possible that Judas meant no wrong.

Etymology [F., fr. L. possibilis, fr. posse to be able, to have power; potis able, capable + esse to be. See Potent, Am, and cf. Host a landlord.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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