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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deepen

/ˈdiːpən/ verb

Forms deepens deepening deepened

  1. verb (transitive) To make deep or deeper “They deepened the well by 200 feet.”
  2. verb (transitive) To make darker or more intense; to darken “The event deepened the prevailing gloom.”
  3. verb (transitive) To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree “News of her death deepened my sorrow.”
  4. verb (transitive) To make lower in tone “The tuner deepened the tone of the organ.”
  5. verb (transitive) To make more thorough or extensive. “The class deepened my understanding of the subject.”
  6. verb (transitive) To make more intimate. “The shared experiences deepened our relationship.”
  7. verb (transitive) To make more sound or heavy. “The hypnotist then proceeded to deepen his trance.”
  8. verb (intransitive) To become deeper “The water deepens as you go toward the middle of the channel.”

Synonyms

depthen intensify compound heighten change

Etymology

From deep + -en.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel.
  2. verb To make darker or more intense; to darken; as, the event deepened the prevailing gloom.
  3. verb To become deeper; as, the water deepens at every cast of the lead; the plot deepens.

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