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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

blind spot

noun

Forms blind spots blindspot

  1. noun The place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina, and so where the retina cannot detect light; the portion of the visual field that corresponds to this site. “We all have a blind spot in our vision, but our brains usually compensate for it, such that we usually don't consciously notice it.”
  2. noun Any portion of the visual field in which the vision is impaired (by ocular disease). “He has a few blind spots in his eyesight because of his diabetic retinopathy.”
  3. noun (automotive) In driving, the part of the road that cannot be seen in the rear-view mirror or side-view mirror. “When he changed lanes, he sideswiped a car that was in his blind spot.”
  4. noun (rail transport) The part of the railway/tramway track that cannot be seen in the side mirror or the side window. “When he changed tracks, he sideswiped a railway worker that was in his blind spot.”
  5. noun In a stadium or auditorium, any location affording those seated or standing there only an obstructed visual or auditory experience. “Our seats turned out to be in a blind spot behind a pillar blocking our view on the stage.”
  6. noun (figuratively) An inability to recognize a fact or think clearly about a certain topic, especially because of a prejudice. “He loves her so much that he has a blind spot when it comes to her faults.”
  7. noun (figuratively) A subject or area about which one is uninformed or misinformed, often because of a prejudice or lack of appreciation. “The new study addresses the blind spot created by previous research having excluded healthy adult subjects.”
  8. noun (telecommunications) A location where radio reception and/or transmission is significantly poorer than in surrounding locations.

Synonyms

optic disc optic disk scotoma blindside dead spot blind zone

Etymology

From blind + spot.

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