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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proposition

/ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃən/ noun, verb

Forms propositions propositioning propositioned

  1. noun (uncountable) The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.
  2. noun (countable) An idea, plan, or suggestion offered.
  3. noun (informal) A suggestion of sexual intercourse (made to someone with whom one is not sexually involved).
  4. noun (countable, business settings) The terms of a transaction offered.
  5. noun (countable, US, politics) In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.
  6. noun (grammar) A complete sentence.
  7. noun (countable, logic) The content of an assertion that may be taken as being true or false and is considered abstractly without reference to the linguistic sentence that constitutes the assertion; (Aristotelian logic) a predicate of a subject that is denied or affirmed and is connected by a copula. ““Wiktionary is a good dictionary” is a proposition.”
  8. noun (countable, mathematics, philosophy) An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.
  9. verb (transitive, informal) To make an offer or suggestion to (someone).
  10. verb (transitive, informal) To make a suggestion of sexual intercourse to (someone with whom one is not sexually involved).

Synonyms

proposal suggestion statement pass come on to hit on make a pass proffer

Etymology

From Middle English proposicioun, from Old French proposicion, from Latin prōpositiō, from the verb prōponō.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering.
  2. noun That which is proposed; that which is offered, as for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; a proposal; as, the enemy made propositions of peace; his proposition was not accepted.

Etymology [L. propositio: cf. F. proposition. See Propound.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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