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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social

UK /ˈsəʊ.ʃəl/ · US /ˈsoʊ.ʃəl/ adjective, noun

Forms socials

  1. adjective Being extroverted or outgoing. “James is a very social guy; he knows lots of people.”
  2. adjective Of or relating to society. “Teresa feels uncomfortable in certain social situations.”
  3. adjective (Internet) Relating to social media or social networks. “social gaming”
  4. adjective (rare) Relating to a nation's allies.
  5. adjective (biology) Cooperating or growing in groups. “a social insect”
  6. noun A festive gathering to foster introductions. “They organized a social at the dance club to help people get to know one another.”
  7. noun (Canadian Prairies) A dance held to raise money, often held for a couple to be married.
  8. noun (dated, Ireland) A dinner dance event, usually held annually by a company or sporting club.
  9. noun (Internet, informal, countable) A social media account; the username or handle thereof, or a link thereto. “Also check out some other experts in this topic — their socials are in the pinned comment below.”

Synonyms

sociable mixer societal

Antonyms

antisocial unsocial asocial

Etymology

From Middle French social, from Latin sociālis (“of or belonging to a companion or companionship or association, social”), from socius (“a companion, fellow, partner, associate, ally”), from sequor (“follow”). Cognate with English seg (“man, companion, fellow”). More at seg.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Of or pertaining to society; relating to men living in society, or to the public as an aggregate body; as, social interest or concerns; social pleasure; social benefits; social happiness; social duties.
  2. adjective Ready or disposed to mix in friendly converse; companionable; sociable; as, a social person.

Etymology [L. socialis, from socius a companion; akin to sequi to follow: cf. F. social. See Sue to follow.]

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

Sanskrit

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