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 up

verb

Forms brings up bringing up brought up

  1. verb Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, up: To bring from a lower to a higher position. “When you're in the basement, can you bring up the paints?”
  2. verb To mention. “Don't bring up politics if you want to have a quiet conversation with that guy.”
  3. verb To raise or rear (children). “She did well enough bringing up two sons and a daughter on her own.”
  4. verb To uncover, to bring from obscurity; to resurface (e.g. a memory) “A short Internet search brought up some amazing details of this story.”
  5. verb To turn on power or start, as of a machine. “Wait a minute while I bring up my computer.”
  6. verb (electronics) To check (a newly-assembled printed circuit board) for errors. “Anyone who's been tasked with bringing up a board knows how trying it is.”
  7. verb To vomit. “I was very ill today; I kept bringing up everything I ate.”
  8. verb To stop or interrupt a flow or steady motion.

Synonyms

bring back raise conjure conjure up invoke evoke stir call down arouse put forward call forth rear nurture parent lift elevate get up mention advert cite name refer boot reboot

Etymology

From Middle English bryngen up, dissimilated from Middle English upbryngen (“to bring up, raise”). Doublet of upbring.

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