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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gauge

/ˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms gauges gauging gauged gage

  1. noun A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
  2. noun An act of measuring.
  3. noun An estimate.
  4. noun Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things
  5. noun A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes, with lower numbers indicating larger size.
  6. noun (mathematics, mathematical analysis) A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.
  7. noun (knitting) The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.
  8. noun (nautical) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind. “A vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it.”
  9. verb (transitive) To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.
  10. verb (transitive) To estimate.
  11. verb (transitive) To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.
  12. verb (textile, transitive) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.
  13. verb (transitive) To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.
  14. verb (transitive) To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.
  15. proper noun A male given name.

Synonyms

ear gauge gage standard of measurement bore caliber calibre estimate approximate guess judge

Etymology

From Middle English gauge, gaugen, from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French gauger (compare Modern French jauger from Old French jaugier), from gauge (“gauging rod”), from Frankish *galgā (“measuring rod, pole”), from Proto-Germanic *galgô (“pole, stake, cross”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- (“perch, long switch”). Cognate with Old High German galgo, Old Frisian galga, Old English ġealga (“cross-beam, gallows”), Old Norse galgi (“cross-beam, gallows”), Old Norse gelgja (“pole, perch”). Doublet of gallows.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To measure or determine with a gauge.
  2. verb To measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity of, as of a pipe, barrel, or keg.
  3. noun A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.
  4. noun Measure; dimensions; estimate.

Etymology [OF. gaugier, F. jauger, cf. OF. gauge gauge, measuring rod, F. jauge; of uncertain origin; perh. fr. an assumed L. qualificare to determine the qualities of a thing (see Qualify); but cf. also F. jalon a measuring stake in surveying, and E. gallon.]

Etymology [Written also gage.]

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