the open back unrounded vowel /ɑː/ as in father—merged with /ɒ/ as /ɑ/ in General American—and that is closer to its initial Latin and Greek seem[five]somebody whose task is in top management, or who holds a senior administrative or professional placementthe diphthong /eɪ/ as in ace and important, typically when ⟨a⟩ is accompanied by j