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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supporter

UK /səˈpɔː.tə/ · US /səˈpɔɹ.tɚ/ noun

Forms supporters

  1. noun A person who supports, promotes, advocates or champions a cause, movement, or political party; an adherent.
  2. noun A person who provides moral or physical support to another; an attendant participating in a ceremony or procession.
  3. noun (sports) Someone who is a fan of a certain sports team or sportsperson. “More than 10,000 supporters attended the last match.”
  4. noun Something that supports another thing.
  5. noun Something that supports a structure such as a building or a sculpture.
  6. noun (heraldry) An animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms.
  7. noun A garter worn around the leg to support a sock or stocking.

Synonyms

adherent proponent protagonist champion admirer booster friend patron sponsor assistant helper help garter athletic supporter suspensor jockstrap jock

Antonyms

detractor opponent

Etymology

From Middle English supporter, supportour, equivalent to support + -er.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun One who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a supporter of life.
  2. noun Especially, an adherent; one who sustains, advocates, and defends; as, the supporter of a party, faction, or candidate.

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

Sanskrit

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

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