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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demo

UK /ˈdɛm.əʊ/ · US /ˈdɛm.oʊ/ noun, adjective, verb

Forms demos demoing demoed

  1. noun (informal) A demonstration or visual explanation. “The professor prepared a demo to help her class understand the topic.”
  2. noun (informal) A recording of a song meant to demonstrate its overall sound for the purpose of getting it published or recorded more fully. “After hearing the demo, the record label approved funding to record the song with a full band.”
  3. noun (informal) An example of a product used for demonstration and then sold at a discount.
  4. noun (informal) A march or gathering to make a political protest.
  5. noun (computing, informal) An edition of limited functionality to give the user an example of how the program works. “The game's developers released a demo version to the public 3 months before the full release.”
  6. noun (computing, demoscene, informal) A non-interactive audiovisual computer program developed by enthusiasts to demonstrate the capabilities of the machine. See demoscene.
  7. noun (informal) A democrat.
  8. noun (informal, collective) A demographic group.
  9. adjective (of a commercial product) designed to test consumers' interest in a retail item prior to purchasing.
  10. verb (transitive, informal) To record a demo version of (a song). “The band demoed thirty songs. Their manager thought that ten of the songs would make a good record.”
  11. verb (transitive, informal) To demonstrate. “We'll be demoing the new version of the software on Thursday.”
  12. verb (informal) To demolish (especially a house or fixture).

Synonyms

floor model march demonstration show exhibit present demonstrate

Etymology

Clipping of demonstration and various other words beginning with "demo-".

Clipping of demonstrate.

Clipping of demolish.

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