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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edit

/ˈɛdɪt/ noun, verb

Forms edits editing edited

  1. noun A change to the text of a document.
  2. noun (computing) A change in the text of a file, a website or the code of software. “He has made 5780 edits on Wikipedia so far.”
  3. noun An edited piece of media, especially video footage. “An early edit of the film included a romantic subplot.”
  4. noun (Internet, specifically) A compilation of memorable moments (in a show, sport, etc.), often featuring stylized camera effects and intense music. “a basketball edit, a Thor edit”
  5. noun (comedy) An interruption or change to an improvised scene.
  6. noun (genetics) An alteration to the DNA sequence of a chromosome; an act of gene splicing.
  7. noun (fashion) A range of products related by theme or purpose.
  8. verb To change a text, or a document. “Your speech is too long. You need to edit it.”
  9. verb To alter a photograph or recording of sound or video. “We shot an hour-long interview then edited it down to 45 minutes.”
  10. verb (transitive) To be the editor of a publication. “He edits the Chronicle.”
  11. verb (computing) To change the contents of a file, website, etc. “Wikipedia is an interactive encyclopedia which allows anybody to edit and improve articles.”
  12. verb (biology) To alter the DNA sequence of a chromosome; to perform gene splicing.
  13. verb To assemble a film by cutting and splicing raw footage.
  14. verb (comedy) To cut short or otherwise alter an improvised scene.
  15. verb (ergative) To lend itself to editing in a certain way.

Synonyms

retouch fix up alter splice cut redact edit out blue-pencil delete

Etymology

Back-formation from editor, influenced by French éditer (“edit, publish”) and Latin editus.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To superintend the publication of; to revise and prepare for publication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; as, to edit a newspaper.

Etymology [F. éditer, or L. editus, p. p. of edere to give out, put forth, publish; e out + dare to give. See Date a point of time.]

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