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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knock out

verb

Forms knocks out knocking out knocked out

  1. verb (transitive) To strike or bump (someone or something) out. “I accidentally knocked out the glass in my picture frame.”
  2. verb (transitive, idiomatic) To render unconscious, as by a blow to the head. “The boxer knocked out his opponent in the third round.”
  3. verb (transitive, informal, idiomatic) To put to sleep. “The allergy pill knocked him out for a good three hours.”
  4. verb (intransitive, informal, idiomatic) To fall asleep, especially suddenly.
  5. verb (transitive, informal, idiomatic) To exhaust. “Running errands all day really knocked him out.”
  6. verb (transitive, informal, idiomatic) To impress, surpass or overwhelm (someone).
  7. verb (transitive, slang) To defeat or kill (someone).
  8. verb (transitive, idiomatic) To cause a mechanism to become non-functional by damaging or destroying it. “The antitank gun knocked out the enemy tank.”

Synonyms

knock cold kayo

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