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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result

/ɹɪˈzʌlt/ verb, noun, interjection

Forms results resulting resulted resultest resultedst resulteth

  1. verb (intransitive) To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor.
  2. verb (intransitive, followed by “in”) To have as a consequence; to lead to; to bring about “This measure will result in good or in evil.”
  3. verb (intransitive, law) To return to the proprietor (or heirs) after a reversion.
  4. verb (intransitive, obsolete) To leap back; to rebound.
  5. noun That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect. “the result of a course of action;  the result of a mathematical operation”
  6. noun The final product, beneficial or tangible effect(s) achieved by effort.
  7. noun The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.
  8. noun (obsolete) A flying back; resilience.
  9. noun (sports) The final score in a game.
  10. noun (by extension) A positive or favourable outcome for someone.
  11. interjection (UK) An exclamation of joy following a favorable outcome.

Synonyms

attend obtain issue follow arise ensue conclusion opinion verdict edict resolution ruling award censure choice decision deduction determination ergotism illation consequence effect outcome event upshot solution answer solvent resultant final result

Etymology

Recorded since 1432 as Middle English resulten, from Medieval Latin resultare, in Classical Latin "to spring forward, rebound", the frequentative of the past participle of resilio (“to rebound”), from re- (“back”) + salio (“to jump, leap”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To leap back; to rebound. [Obs.]
  2. verb To come out, or have an issue; to terminate; to have consequences; --followed by in; as, this measure will result in good or in evil.
  3. noun A flying back; resilience. [Obs.]
  4. noun That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect; as, the result of a course of action; the result of a mathematical operation.

Etymology [F. résulter, fr. L. resultare, resultarum, to spring or leap back, v. intens. fr. resilire. See Resile.]

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

Sanskrit

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