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.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

“preparest” is a form of

prepare

UK /pɹɪˈpɛə/ · US /pɹɪˈpɛ(ə)ɹ/ verb, noun

Forms prepares preparing prepared preparest preparedst prepareth

  1. verb (transitive) To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble or equip; to forearm. “We prepared the spacecraft for takeoff.”
  2. verb (transitive) To make ready for eating or drinking; to cook. “We prepared a fish for dinner.”
  3. verb (intransitive) To make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation. “We prepared for a bumpy ride.”
  4. verb (transitive) To produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound. “She prepared a meal from what was left in the cupboards.”
  5. noun (obsolete) preparation

Synonyms

get get ready busk graith ready yark fix set up gear up set cook make organize organise devise get up machinate groom train develop educate

Etymology

Partially a back-formation from preparation; and partially borrowed from Middle French preparer, from Classical Latin praeparāre (“make ready in advance”), from prae- (“pre-”) + parāre (“make ready”). Compare Middle English preparaten (“to prepare”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for seed; to prepare a lesson.
  2. verb To procure as suitable or necessary; to get ready; to provide; as, to prepare ammunition and provisions for troops; to prepare ships for defence; to prepare an entertainment. Milton.
  3. verb To make all things ready; to put things in order; as, to prepare for a hostile invasion. "Bid them prepare for dinner." Shak.
  4. verb To make one's self ready; to get ready; to take the necessary previous measures; as, to prepare for death.

Etymology [F. préparer, L. praeparare; prae before + parare to make ready. See Pare.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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