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

“statements” is a form of

statement

UK /ˈsteɪtm(ə)nt/ · US /ˈsteɪtmənt/ noun, adjective, verb

Forms statements statementing statemented

  1. noun A declaration or remark. “make a statement”
  2. noun A presentation of opinion or position.
  3. noun (finance) A document that summarizes financial activity. “a bank statement”
  4. noun (computing) An instruction in a computer program, especially one that returns no value, as opposed to a function call.
  5. adjective Decisive.
  6. verb (transitive) To provide an official document of a proposition, especially in the UK, a Statement of Special Educational Needs.

Synonyms

declaration expression remark argument affirmation assertion instruction command program line financial statement

Etymology

Back-formation from statementing or back-formation from statemented.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.
  2. noun That which is stated; a formal embodiment in language of facts or opinions; a narrative; a recital. "Admirable perspicuity of statement!" Brougham.

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

Sanskrit

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

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