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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profound

/pɹəˈfaʊnd/ adjective, noun, verb

Forms profounder profoundest profounds profounding profounded

  1. adjective Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep.
  2. adjective Very deep; very serious.
  3. adjective Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough. “a profound investigation”
  4. adjective Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading.
  5. adjective Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive.
  6. noun (obsolete) The deep; the sea; the ocean.
  7. noun (obsolete) An abyss.
  8. verb (obsolete) To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.
  9. verb (obsolete) To dive deeply; to penetrate.

Synonyms

deep-grounded fundamental heavy sound wakeless unfathomed unplumbed unsounded

Antonyms

superficial

Etymology

From Middle English profound, profounde, from Anglo-Norman profound, from Old French profont, profonde, from Latin profundus (“deep, profound”), from prō + fundus (“bottom; foundation”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a great depth; deep. "A gulf profound." Milton.
  2. adjective Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough; as, a profound investigation or treatise; a profound scholar; profound wisdom.
  3. noun The deep; the sea; the ocean.
  4. noun An abyss. Milton.

Etymology [F. profond, L. profundus; pro before, forward + fundus the bottom. See Found to establish, Bottom lowest part.]

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

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