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.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

reading

/ˈɹiːdɪŋ/ noun, proper noun

Also a form of read

Forms readings

  1. noun The process of interpreting written language. “The student is behind in his reading by several chapters.”
  2. noun The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
  3. noun (by extension) An interpretation.
  4. noun A value indicated by a measuring device. “He glanced across and took note of the speedometer reading.”
  5. noun An event at which written material is read aloud. “I attended a poetry reading.”
  6. noun (textual criticism) The wording of a version of a text in a particular place or context.
  7. noun (linguistics) A pronunciation associated with a particular character or word; particularly in East Asian scripts. “Some Chinese characters have numerous readings.”
  8. noun Something to read; reading material.
  9. proper noun A surname.
  10. proper noun A large town in Berkshire, England.
  11. proper noun A minor city in Lyon County, Kansas.
  12. proper noun A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  13. proper noun A city and township in Hillsdale County, Michigan.
  14. proper noun An unincorporated community in Nobles County, Minnesota.
  15. proper noun A ghost town in Pike County, Missouri.
  16. proper noun A town in Schuyler County, New York.

Synonyms

meter reading indication reading material interpretation version recitation recital

Etymology

From Middle English reding, redynge, redunge, from Old English rǣding (“reading”), equivalent to read + -ing.

From Middle English reding, redyng, redand, from Old English rǣdende, present participle of rǣdan (“to read”), equivalent to read + -ing.

From Old English Rēadingas, the name of a tribe or clan of early Anglo-Saxon England whose capital was at Reading. Not related to reading.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or written matter to be read.
  2. noun Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading.
  3. adjective Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
  4. adjective Addicted to reading; as, a reading community. Reading book, a book for teaching reading; a reader.

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

Sanskrit

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

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