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

substantial

/səbˈstænʃəl/ adjective, noun

Forms substantials substancial

  1. adjective Having a substance; actually existing. “substantial life”
  2. adjective Not imaginary; real; actual; true; veritable.
  3. adjective Corporeal; material; firm.
  4. adjective Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm. “substantial cloth”
  5. adjective (law) Addressing the substance of an injury
  6. adjective Possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy. “a substantial freeholder”
  7. adjective Large in size, quantity, or value; ample; significant. “He inherited a substantial amount of money from his uncle.”
  8. adjective Most important; essential.
  9. noun Anything having substance; an essential part.

Synonyms

sturdy healthy serious actual bodily choical corporeal concrete hylic hylical material meaty physical real substantive tangible significant hearty satisfying solid square strong

Antonyms

insubstantial superficial

Etymology

From Middle English substancial, substantiall, from Old French substanciel, substantiel and its etymon Latin substantiālis.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Belonging to substance; actually existing; real; as, substantial life. Milton.
  2. adjective Not seeming or imaginary; not illusive; real; solid; true; veritable.

Etymology [F. substantiel, L. substantialis.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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