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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orientate

/ˈɒɹi.ənteɪt/ verb

Forms orientates orientating orientated

  1. verb (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, intransitive) To face a given direction.
  2. verb (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, reflexive) To determine one's position relative to the surroundings; to orient (oneself).
  3. verb To arrange in order; to dispose or place (a body) so as to show its relation to other bodies, or the relation of its parts among themselves.
  4. verb (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, transitive) To position (something), to align relative to a given position. “Try to orientate your students towards the science subjects.”
  5. verb (archaic) To move or turn toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east.

Synonyms

orient

Etymology

From orient + -ate or a back-formation from orientation. Compare French orienter and Italian orientare.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To place or turn toward the east; to cause to assume an easterly direction, or to veer eastward.
  2. verb To arrange in order; to dispose or place (a body) so as to show its relation to other bodies, or the relation of its parts among themselves.
  3. verb To move or turn toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east.

Etymology [From Orient.]

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