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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qualification

UK /ˌkwɒlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ · US /ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun

Forms qualifications

  1. noun The act or process of qualifying for a position, achievement etc. “Qualification for this organization is extraordinarily difficult.”
  2. noun An ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something; specifically, completed professional training. “What are your qualifications for this job?”
  3. noun (UK) A certificate, diploma, or degree awarded after successful completion of a course, training, or exam.
  4. noun A clause or condition which qualifies something; a modification, a limitation. “I accept your offer, but with the following qualification.”
  5. noun (obsolete) A quality or attribute.

Synonyms

making reservation

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French qualification in the 1540s, which in turn derives from Medieval Latin quālificātiō. By surface analysis, qual(ify) + -ification.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of qualifying, or the condition of being qualified.
  2. noun That which qualifies; any natural endowment, or any acquirement, which fits a person for a place, office, or employment, or which enables him to sustian any character with success; an enabling quality or circumstance; requisite capacity or possession.

Etymology [Cf. F. qualification. See Qualify.]

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

Sanskrit

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