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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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abeam

UK /əˈbiːm/ · US /əˈbim/ adverb, adjective, preposition

  1. adverb (nautical, aircraft) On the beam; at a right angle to the centerline or keel of a vessel or aircraft; being at a bearing approximately 90° or 270° relative.
  2. adverb (nautical, aircraft) Alongside or abreast; opposite the center of the side of the ship or aircraft.
  3. preposition (nautical) Alongside. “She came abeam the crippled ship.”
  4. adjective Beaming, shining (especially with reference to a person's face or eyes).

Etymology

From a- (“in the direction of”) + beam (“keel”).

From a- + beam (“to emit beams of light”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adverb On the beam, that is, on a line which forms a right angle with the ship's keel; opposite to the center of the ship's side.

Etymology [Pref. a- + beam.]

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