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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transgress

/tɹænzˈɡɹɛs/ verb

Forms transgresses transgressing transgressed

  1. verb (transitive) To exceed or overstep some limit or boundary.
  2. verb (transitive) To act in violation of some law.
  3. verb (intransitive, construed with against) To commit an offense; to sin.
  4. verb (intransitive, of the sea) To spread over land along a shoreline; to inundate.

Synonyms

forpass surpass transcend offend infract violate go against breach break sin trespass overstep

Etymology

From Middle English transgressen, from Old French transgresser and Latin transgressus, past participle of transgredior.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To pass over or beyond; to surpass. [R.]
  2. verb Hence, to overpass, as any prescribed as the For man will hearken to his glozing lies, And easily transgress the sole command. Milton.
  3. verb To offend against the law; to sin. Who transgressed in the thing accursed. I Chron. ii. 7.

Etymology [Cf. F. transgresser. See Transgression.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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