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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setting

/ˈsɛtɪŋ/ noun, adjective

Also a form of set

Forms settings

  1. noun The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.
  2. noun The act of setting (various senses). “the setting of the sun”
  3. noun A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry.
  4. noun A level or placement to which a knob or control is set. “the volume setting on a television”
  5. noun The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does.
  6. noun Hunting with a setter.
  7. noun Something set in, or inserted.
  8. noun A piece of vocal or choral music composed for particular words (set to music). “Schubert's setting of Goethe's poem”
  9. adjective That disappears below the horizon. “the setting sun”

Synonyms

scene background scope mise en scene stage setting context circumstance place setting mount

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of one who, or that which, sets; as, the setting of type, or of gems; the setting of the sun; the setting (hardening) of moist plaster of Paris; the setting (set) of a current.
  2. noun The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter. Boyle.

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

Sanskrit

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

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