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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enroll

UK /ɪnˈɹəʊl/ · US /ɛnˈɹoʊl/ verb

Forms enrolls enrolling enrolled enrol enroule enrowle inrol inroll inroule inrowle

  1. verb (transitive) To enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list
  2. verb (transitive) To enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of. “They were eager to enroll new recruits.”
  3. verb (intransitive or reflexive) To enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something). “Have you enrolled in classes yet for this term?”
  4. verb (education) To register as a member of an educational institution.
  5. verb (chiefly US, education) To register for a class or course of study.
  6. verb (Australia, New Zealand) To register to vote.
  7. verb (transitive, obsolete) To envelop; to enwrap.
  8. verb (intransitive, zoology) To curl up into a ball.

Synonyms

list note note down record register catalogue enlist induct enscroll put down put on tabulate sign up subscribe join join up add inscribe enter enrol recruit

Etymology

From Middle English enrollen, from Anglo-Norman enroller; by surface analysis, en- + roll.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To insert in a roil; to register or enter in a list or catalogue or on rolls of court; hence, to record; to insert in records; to leave in writing; as, to enroll men for service; to enroll a decree or a law; also, reflexively, to enlist.
  2. verb To envelop; to inwrap; to involve. [Obs.] Spenser.

Etymology [Pref. en- + roll: cf. F. enrôler; pref. en- (L. in) + rôle roll or register. See Roll, n.]

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