Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

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)

-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.

bimonthly

adjective, adverb, noun

Forms bimonthlies

adjective Occurring once every two months “The organization's bimonthly meetings allow for two discussions each quarter.”
adjective Occurring twice every month.
adverb Once every two months; bimestrially. “The organization's board of directors meets bimonthly.”
adverb Twice every month; semimonthly. “They checked on his progress bimonthly.”
noun A publication that is published on a bimonthly basis. “We have to get the report done. If the boss doesn't get his bimonthly he'll scream.”

Synonyms

Pref. bi- + monthly.

adjective Occurring, done, or coming, once in two months; as, bimonthly visits; bimonthly publications.
adjective A bimonthly publication.
adverb Once in two months.

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