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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give out

verb

Forms gives out giving out gave out given out

  1. verb (transitive) To utter, publish; to announce, proclaim, report.
  2. verb (transitive) To announce (a hymn) to be sung; to read out (the words) for the congregation to sing.
  3. verb (transitive) To send forth, emit; to cause to be sent forth.
  4. verb To put forth, utter (prayers).
  5. verb (transitive) To issue; to distribute. “Can you help me to give out the new books to the class, please?”
  6. verb (intransitive, of persons) To desist.
  7. verb To desist through exhaustion of strength or patience.
  8. verb (of an implement, a limb, a machine, etc.) To break down, get out of order, fail.

Synonyms

emit give off distribute hand out pass out fail run out go bad give way die conk out go break break down

Etymology

Cognate with German ausgeben (“spend, pay, output”).

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