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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uplift

/ʌpˈlɪft/ verb, noun

Forms uplifts uplifting uplifted

  1. verb To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual, or emotional level.
  2. verb (science fiction) To raise (a nonsentient species) into sentience.
  3. verb (law, of a penalty) To aggravate; to increase.
  4. verb (aviation, travel) To be accepted for carriage on a flight.
  5. verb (New Zealand) To remove (a child) from a damaging home environment by a social welfare organization.
  6. verb (law, Australia, transitive) To remove (a document) from its current possessor and take it into one's own possession.
  7. verb (software engineering) To backport.
  8. verb (Northern England) To pick up; take possession of.
  9. noun The act or result of uplifting (in various senses).
  10. noun (geology) A tectonic upheaval, especially one that takes place in the process of mountain building.
  11. noun (transport) The picking up and loading of goods to be transported by a mover.
  12. noun (colloquial) A brassiere that raises the breasts.
  13. noun (law) An increase in a fine or penalty due to aggravating circumstances.

Synonyms

dignify elevate enlighten enrich lift advance aggrandize ennoble exalt honor nobilitate prefer promote raise exacerbate worsen adulterate aggravate alloy canker upheaval upthrow upthrust elate lift up pick up intoxicate

Etymology

From up- + lift.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm; to uplift a rock. Cowper.
  2. noun A raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their regularity and uniformity, and to occasion folds, dislocations, and the like.

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

Sanskrit

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