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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representative

/ˌɹɛpɹɪˈzɛnt(ət)ɪv/ adjective, noun

Forms representatives

  1. adjective Typical; having the same properties or interest as a larger group.
  2. adjective Representing, showing a likeness. “Are you sure this paper is representative of your child's writing?”
  3. noun Someone who represents others as a member of a legislative or governing body. “She served four terms as representative of her local at the national union convention.”
  4. noun One who speaks for or acts on behalf of another in a particular (especially official) capacity. “I will send a representative to work out the details of the contract.”
  5. noun (law) An heir.
  6. noun (US, politics) Specifically, a member of the United States House of Representatives. “All representatives face re-election every two years.”
  7. noun A company agent who visits potential purchasers; a salesman.
  8. noun (UK, tourism) A worker at a holiday resort who escorts guests and leads activities.
  9. noun Something representing or standing for another; a symbol, an embodiment.
  10. noun A member of a particular class.

Synonyms

minister rep spokesperson interpreter voice congressman congresswoman example illustration instance

Antonyms

nonrepresentative

Etymology

From Middle English representative, from Middle French representatif and its etymon Medieval Latin repraesentātīvus. By surface analysis, represent + -ative; See representation. Displaced native Old English spala (“a representative”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.
  2. adjective Bearing the character or power of another; acting for another or others; as, a council representative of the people. Swift.
  3. noun One who, or that which, represents (anything); that which exhibits a likeness or similitude.
  4. noun An agent, deputy, or substitute, who supplies the place of another, or others, being invested with his or their authority.

Etymology [Cf. F. repr.]

Etymology [Cf. LL. repraesentativus.]

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

Sanskrit

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