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 on

verb, interjection

Forms gets on getting on got on gotten on get on !

  1. verb (transitive, intransitive) To board or mount (something), especially a vehicle. “Please get on the bus as quickly as possible.”
  2. verb (intransitive) To cope or manage (over time); to handle a situation; to perform or make progress. “John is really getting on at work.”
  3. verb (intransitive, often with "with") To progress (with); to move forward. “It's time to get on with improving quality.”
  4. verb (intransitive, of time) To move forward so as to approach a deadline or become late in the day. “Time is getting on. We need to hurry up or we'll miss our flight.”
  5. verb (intransitive, optionally with "for", usually in continuous tenses) To approach (a value, level, point in time, etc.) “The cost was getting on for a thousand pounds.”
  6. verb (intransitive, usually in continuous tenses) To become old. “My parents are visibly getting on (in years) these days.”
  7. verb (intransitive, chiefly UK, often with 'with') To have a good relationship; to get along. “John doesn't get on with Jack. They're always arguing.”
  8. verb (intransitive, chiefly UK, with 'with') To cope or deal (with). “I can't get on with prunes. They give me indigestion.”
  9. interjection Expresses surprise or disbelief.

Synonyms

board climb on embark get on board get onto mount catch get onboard handle cope manage get by fare perform progress age get along understand each other understand one another have on get along with get on with hop on mount up jump on bestride be on come on come along advance

Antonyms

alight from climb down from climb off disembark exit get down from get off get out of leave alight climb down get down

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