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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problem

UK /ˈpɹɒbləm/ · US /ˈpɹɑbləm/ noun, adjective, verb

Forms problems probleming problemed probleme pro'lem

  1. noun A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with. “She's leaving because she faced numerous problems to do with racism.”
  2. noun An addiction, other substance use disorder, or comparable psychological challenge. “I think he has a gambling problem. Lending him money will probably only make it worse.”
  3. noun A question to be answered, schoolwork exercise. “Study hard, but don't overdo it. The problems in the exam won't be difficult to solve.”
  4. noun A puzzling circumstance.
  5. noun Objection. “You got a problem with that?”
  6. noun Difficulty in accepting or understanding or refusal to accept or understand. “You made your best honest effort; if they judge you harshly, that’s their problem, not yours.”
  7. noun (climbing) A set of moves required to complete a climb.
  8. adjective Of a person or an animal, difficult to train or guide; unruly.
  9. adjective Causing a problem; problematic; troublesome.
  10. verb (transitive, nonstandard, uncommon) To problematize.

Synonyms

rub job trouble

Antonyms

solution

Etymology

From Middle English probleme, from Middle French probleme, from Latin problēma, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “anything thrown forward, hindrance, obstacle, anything projecting, a headland, promontory”), from προβάλλω (probállō, “to throw or lay something in front of someone, to put forward”), from προ- (pro-, “in front of”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw, to cast, to hurl”). Doublet of problema.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A question proposed for solution; a matter stated for examination or proof; hence, a matter difficult of solution or settlement; a doubtful case; a question involving doubt. Bacon.
  2. noun Anything which is required to be done; as, in geometry, to bisect a line, to draw a perpendicular; or, in algebra, to find an unknown quantity.

Etymology [F. problème, L. problema, fr. Gr. Parable.]

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

Sanskrit

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