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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advertise

UK /ˈædvəˌtaɪ̯z/ · US /ˈædvɚˌtaɪ̯z/ verb

Forms advertises advertising advertised advertize

  1. verb (transitive) To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly.
  2. verb (intransitive) To provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others. “For personal needs, advertise on the internet or in a local newspaper.”
  3. verb (transitive) To provide public information about (a product, service etc.) in order to attract public awareness and increase sales. “Over the air, they advertise their product on drive-time radio talk shows and TV news shows.”
  4. verb (transitive, now rare) To notify (someone) of something; to call someone's attention to something.
  5. verb (card games) In gin rummy, to discard a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it.

Synonyms

make known announce proclaim promulgate bill notify inform apprise alert publish promote publicise sell publicize advertize push

Etymology

From Middle English advertisen, from Anglo-Norman advertir (“to inform”), avertir, Middle French advertir, avertir (“to warn, give notice to”), with the French -iss- infix assimilated to -ise, -ize and probably influenced by the noun advertisement. Compare also advert.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To give notice to; to inform or apprise; to notify; to make known; hence, to warn; --often followed by of before the subject of information; as, to advertise a man of his loss. [Archaic]
  2. verb To give public notice of; to announce publicly, esp. by a printed notice; as, to advertise goods for sale, a lost article, the sailing day of a vessel, a political meeting.

Etymology [F. avertir, formerly also spelt advertir, to warn, give notice to, L. advertere to turn to. The ending was probably influenced by the noun advertisement. See Advert.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “advertise”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details