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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unit

/ˈjuː.nɪt/ noun, adjective

Forms units

  1. noun (mathematics) Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
  2. noun (sciences) A standard measure of a quantity or magnitude. “The centimetre is a unit of length.”
  3. noun (computing) A basic, self-contained component or module that performs a specific function inside a computer system.
  4. noun The number one.
  5. noun An organized group comprising people or equipment. “He was a member of a special police unit.”
  6. noun (education) A course, lesson, or section of a curriculum covering a particular topic or skill. “We're starting a new unit on photosynthesis next week.”
  7. noun (military, informal) A member of a military organization. “The fifth tank brigade moved in with 20 units. (i.e., 20 tanks)”
  8. noun (commerce) An item which may be sold singly. “We shipped nearly twice as many units this month as last month.”
  9. adjective For each unit. “We have to keep our unit costs down if we want to make a profit.”
  10. adjective (mathematics) Having a size or magnitude of one.

Synonyms

unit of measure unit of measurement unit of issue identity element unity unit element social unit building block whole

Etymology

Formerly unite, a later form of unity; see unity.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A single thing or person.
  2. noun The least whole number; one. Units are the integral parts of any large number. I. Watts.

Etymology [Abbrev. from unity.]

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

Sanskrit

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