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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earmark

UK /ˈɪəmɑːk/ · US /ˈɪ(ə)ɹˌmɑɹk/ noun, verb

Forms earmarks earmarking earmarked

  1. noun (chiefly agriculture) A mark made or tag attached to the ear of an animal (chiefly a livestock animal), generally to identify or indicate something about the animal, such as ownership, health or gestation status, etc.
  2. noun A distinguishing or identifying mark or sign; specifically (archaic), a mark of ownership.
  3. noun (finance) An act of designating certain funds to be used for a specific purpose.
  4. noun (US, politics), Specifically, a designation by the Congress that certain federal funds be appropriated for a specific project.
  5. verb (chiefly agriculture) To make a mark or attach a tag to the ear of (an animal, chiefly a livestock animal), generally to identify or indicate something about the animal, such as ownership.
  6. verb To put a distinguishing or identifying mark or sign on (something); to make (something) distinctive or identifiable.
  7. verb To designate or set aside (someone or something) for a particular purpose; to allocate.
  8. verb (finance) Chiefly followed by for: to designate (certain funds) to be used for a specific purpose. “You can donate to the organization as a whole, or you can earmark your contribution for a particular project.”
  9. verb (UK) To designate (part of a pension) to be payable to the holder's former spouse or payment when the pension is paid.
  10. verb (US, politics) Of the Congress: to designate that certain federal funds be appropriated for a specific project.

Synonyms

lugmark allot appropriate allocate shelve assign dedicate detach designate preselect put aside secern secernate separate sepose sequester set apart set aside hallmark trademark stylemark allow reserve

Etymology

The noun is derived from ear + mark. The verb is derived from the noun.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A mark on the ear of sheep, oxen, dogs, etc., as by cropping or slitting.
  2. noun A mark for identification; a distinguishing mark.
  3. verb To mark, as sheep, by cropping or slitting the ear.

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