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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“prerequisites” is a form of

prerequisite

UK /pɹiːˈɹɛkwɪzɪt/ · US /pɹiˈɹɛkwəzət/ adjective, noun

Forms prerequisites

  1. adjective Required as a prior condition of something else; necessary or indispensable. “The prerequisite warm-up to the match was ignored.”
  2. noun Something that is required as necessary or indispensable, or as a prior condition of something else. “A degree is a prerequisite for entry into this profession.”
  3. noun (education) A course or topic that must be completed before another course or topic can be started. “Algebra is typically a prerequisite for physics.”

Synonyms

prereq requirement

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Previously required; necessary as a preliminary to any proposed effect or end; as, prerequisite conditions of success.
  2. noun Something previously required, or necessary to an end or effect proposed.

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