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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make up

/ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/ verb

Also a form of makeup

Forms makes up making up made up make ups

  1. verb To constitute, to compose.
  2. verb (transitive) To constitute the components of a whole.
  3. verb (transitive) To compensate for (a deficiency, defect, etc.); to supply (something missing). “He can make up the time next week.”
  4. verb (intransitive) To compensate (for). “What I lack in patience, I make up for in drive.”
  5. verb To invent, to imagine, to concoct
  6. verb To invent or fabricate (a story, claim, etc.). “He was a great storyteller and could make up a story on the spot.”
  7. verb To compile or draw up (a list, document, etc.).
  8. verb To put together (a substance, material, garment, medicine, etc.) into a specific form; to assemble. “I can make up a batch of stew in a few minutes, but it will take a few hours to cook.”

Synonyms

compose form compound comprise constitute indite represent upmake fabulate cosmeticize fard make peace be pay pay off compensate catch up with fabricate manufacture cook up invent make counterbalance correct even out even off even up reconcile patch up conciliate

Etymology

From Middle English maken up, equivalent to make + up (adverb).

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