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 out

verb, interjection

Forms gets out getting out got out gotten out

  1. verb (intransitive) To leave or escape. “In case of fire, get out by the nearest exit.”
  2. verb (intransitive) To come out of a situation; to escape a fate. “Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.”
  3. verb (intransitive) To be released, especially from hospital or prison. “He's been in prison for six months, but he gets out next week.”
  4. verb (intransitive) To remove one's money from an investment; to end an investment. “I think copper prices will plummet this fall, so I'm getting out while I can.”
  5. verb (transitive) To help (someone) leave. “We must get the children out first.”
  6. verb (transitive) To take (something) from its container or storage place, so as to use or display it. “Get the playing cards out and we'll have a game of snap.”
  7. verb (intransitive) To leave the inside of a vehicle such as a car. (Note: for public transport, get off is more common.) “I'll get out at the end of the road and walk from there.”
  8. verb (intransitive) To become known. “Somehow the secret got out.”
  9. interjection (literally) Commanding a person to leave. “Get out! I never want to see you in here again!”
  10. interjection Indicating incredulity.
  11. interjection (UK, Ireland, slang) Expressing disapproval or disgust, especially after a bad joke. “Just get out.”

Synonyms

exit go out remove take out extract transpire leave bring out pull out draw pull break get around get off get away get by escape

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