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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warm up

/ˌwɔː(ɹ)m ˈʌp/ verb

Forms warms up warming up warmed up

  1. verb (intransitive) To become warmer. “He came inside to warm up.”
  2. verb (transitive) To heat or reheat (e.g. food). “I couldn't be bothered to cook another meal so I just warmed up yesterday's leftovers.”
  3. verb (intransitive, transitive) To reach, or cause to reach, a normal operating temperature (of a car for example). “These old valve radios take a few minutes to warm up.”
  4. verb (intransitive) To do gentle exercise, stretching etc., in order to prepare the body for more vigorous exercise. “It is important to warm up properly before your gym session.”
  5. verb (intransitive) To prepare for an activity by carrying out a practice or preparation routine. “The band were already on stage, warming up for the gig.”
  6. verb (transitive) To make (an audience) enthusiastic or animated before a show. “Rich knew how to warm up the audience of The Price is Right. His good looks and charming personality made even that special.”
  7. verb (intransitive, figuratively) Synonym of warm (to favor increasingly). [with to]
  8. verb (computing, transitive) Synonym of warm (“prepopulate a cache”).

Synonyms

warm limber up loosen up

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “warm up”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details