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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prefer

UK [pɹɪˈfɜː] · US [pɹɪˈfɝ] verb

Forms prefers preferring preferred præfer præferre preferre

  1. verb (transitive) To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better. “I prefer tea to coffee.”
  2. verb (transitive, now dated) To advance, promote (someone or something).
  3. verb (transitive) To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges").
  4. verb (obsolete, transitive) To put forward for acceptance; to introduce, recommend (to).

Synonyms

fain favor forechoose elevate raise uplift advance aggrandize dignify ennoble exalt honor nobilitate promote choose opt favour

Antonyms

disprefer

Etymology

From Middle English preferren, from Anglo-Norman preferer, from Latin praeferō. Displaced native Old English foresettan and foreberan. Doublet of prelate. See also infer, relate and refer, delate and defer, as well as collate and confer among others.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To carry or bring (something) forward, or before one; hence, to bring for consideration, acceptance, judgment, etc.; to offer; to present; to proffer; to address; --said especially of a request, prayer, petition, claim, charge, etc. He spake, and to her hand preferred the bowl. Pope.
  2. verb To go before, or be before, in estimation; to outrank; to surpass.

Etymology [F. préférer, L. praeferre; prae before + ferre to bear or carry. See 1st Bear.]

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

Sanskrit

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