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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bring down

verb

Forms brings down bringing down brought down

  1. verb Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, down. “Dad has brought down a stack of old vinyl records from the attic.”
  2. verb (transitive) To make (a ruler or government) lose their position of power. “The rebel forces are trying to bring down the president and his government.”
  3. verb (transitive) To reduce. “The latest budget reforms are intended to bring down the level of inflation.”
  4. verb (transitive) To humble.
  5. verb (transitive) To make (something, especially something flying) fall to the ground, usually by firing a weapon of some kind. “He brought down a pheasant with his first shot of the day.”
  6. verb (sports, transitive) To cause (an opponent) to fall after a tackle.
  7. verb (transitive) To make (someone) feel bad emotionally. “The news of his death brought her down.”
  8. verb To cause to fall down, e.g. in an accident.

Synonyms

depose dethrone lessen abase abate belittle besmall embase cut decrease decrement diminish foreshorten lilliputianize lower mince minimize reduce shrink smallify take down let down get down overthrow subvert overturn inflict visit impose land

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