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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procure

UK /pɹəˈkjʊə/ · US /pɹəˈkjʊɹ/ verb

Forms procures procuring procured procurest procuredst procureth

  1. verb (transitive) To acquire or obtain.
  2. verb (transitive) To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else.
  3. verb (transitive, criminal law) To induce or persuade someone to do something.
  4. verb (obsolete) To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause.
  5. verb (obsolete) To solicit; to entreat.
  6. verb (obsolete) To cause to come; to bring; to attract.

Synonyms

get gain acquire attain obtain achieve collect earn find gather score win buy pander pimp purchase convince entice prevail upon put someone up to something secure

Etymology

From Middle English procuren, from Old French procurer, from Late Latin prōcūrāre (“to manage, administer”), from prō (“on behalf of”) + cūrō (“to care for”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To bring into possession; to cause to accrue to, or to come into possession of; to acquire or provide for one's self or for another; to gain; to get; to obtain by any means, as by purchase or loan.
  2. verb To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause.
  3. verb To pimp. Shak.
  4. verb To manage business for another in court. [Scot.]

Etymology [F. procurer, L. procurare, procuratum, to take care of; pro for + curare to take care, fr. cura care. See Cure, and cf. Proctor, Proxy.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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