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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call for

verb

Forms calls for calling for called for

  1. verb To shout out in order to summon (a person). “I leant out of the back door and called for Lucy.”
  2. verb To ask for in a loud voice. “We finished the main course in short order and called for more wine.”
  3. verb (figuratively) To request, demand. “The government has called for an end to hostilities in the region.”
  4. verb To necessitate, demand, exact; to make appropriate “This situation calls for a high degree of courage.”
  5. verb To stop at a place and ask for (someone). “I'll call for you just after midday.”
  6. verb (US, informal) To anticipate, predict. “The forecast calls for rain.”

Synonyms

request bespeak quest necessitate ask postulate need require take involve demand invite collect pick up gather up

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