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

“withheldest” is a form of

withhold

UK /wɪθˈhəʊld/ · US /wɪθˈhoʊld/ verb, noun

Forms withholds withholding withheld withholden with-hold

  1. verb (transitive) To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner. “The bank withheld her credit card.”
  2. verb (transitive) To keep (information, assent, etc.) to oneself rather than revealing it. “withhold vital information”
  3. verb (intransitive) To stay back, to refrain. “I’ll withhold from asking about it.”
  4. noun (Scientology) An immoral action or condition (an overt) that has not been disclosed to others; the consciousness of such an action or condition.

Synonyms

retain keep back deduct recoup

Etymology

From Middle English withholden. Equivalent to with- + hold.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.
  2. verb To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition.

Etymology [With again, against, back + hold.]

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

Sanskrit

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

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