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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get it

verb, interjection

Forms gets it getting it got it gotten it get it ! geddit geddid

  1. verb Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, it. “If you order the pizza, I'll go get it.”
  2. verb To understand something; to catch on; to fully appreciate its implications. “If they aren't getting it, explain it a different way.”
  3. verb (idiomatic) To receive a negative thing: to receive punishment; to receive a retaliation; to receive a beating; to get what's coming to one; to feel someone's wrath. “After the way she spoke to him, she's really going to get it this time.”
  4. verb (slang) To be struck (as an act of violence). “If you don't put away that smug little smile I swear you'll get it right in the teeth.”
  5. verb (slang, euphemistic) To have sex, especially referring to its possibility or eventuality. “He could get it if he just had more confidence.”
  6. interjection Used to encourage someone, especially to indicate that someone is doing something well.
  7. interjection (colloquial) Do you understand? Have you heard? (after explaining or giving an order) “Don't ever touch my computer. Get it?”
  8. interjection Used to draw attention to a pun or other joke one has made.

Synonyms

catch it cop it catch hell do it get it on get some get lucky make it approach cohabit common company copulate couple engage in sex exchange flesh have intimate relations have marital relations have sex have sexual relations catch on get wise get onto tumble latch on cotton on twig

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