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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misuse

/mɪsˈjuːs/ noun, verb

Forms misuses misusing misused misust

  1. noun An incorrect, improper or unlawful use of something.
  2. verb (transitive) To use (something) incorrectly.
  3. verb (transitive) To abuse or mistreat (something or someone).
  4. verb (transitive) To rape (a woman); later more generally, to sexually abuse (someone).
  5. verb (obsolete, transitive) To abuse verbally, to insult.

Synonyms

abuse outrage violate constuprate defile defoul dishonour force oppress pollute rape ravage ravish r-word scotch turn out viole vitiate grape misapply pervert

Etymology

From mis- + use (noun).

From mis- + use (verb).

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To treat or use improperly; to use to a bad purpose; to misapply; as, to misuse one's talents. South.
  2. verb To abuse; to treat ill. O, she misused me past the endurance of a block. Shak.
  3. noun Wrong use; misapplication; erroneous or improper use. Words little suspected for any such misuse. Locke.
  4. noun Violence, or its effects. [Obs.] Shak.

Etymology [F. mésuser. See Mis-, prefix from French, and Use.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “misuse”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details