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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outlook

/ˈaʊtˌlʊk/ noun, verb

Forms outlooks outlooking outlooked

  1. noun A place from which something can be viewed. “Perched on the edge of the cliff was a hidden outlook.”
  2. noun The view from such a place.
  3. noun An attitude or point of view. “He has a positive outlook on life.”
  4. noun Expectation for the future. “The outlook for temperature rises is worrying.”
  5. verb (intransitive, archaic, literary) To face or look in an outward direction.
  6. verb (transitive, archaic) To look at (someone) so long or intently that they look away; to win or prevail over (someone or something).
  7. verb (transitive, obsolete) To be more attractive than (someone or something).
  8. verb (transitive, obsolete) To inspect throughly; to select.
  9. verb (transitive, obsolete) To look beyond (something).
  10. noun (Hong Kong, colloquial) look; appearance

Synonyms

vantage point overlook prospect attitude opinion perspective point of view viewpoint standpoint expectation prognosis look out outstare face down browbeat overcome mentality mindset mind-set lookout

Etymology

From out- + look.

From out + look. Perhaps influenced by Chinese 外表 (literally “outside + surface”) and English look (“appearance”). Same etymology as Cantonese outlook.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To face down; to outstare.
  2. verb To inspect throughly; to select. [Obs.] Cotton.
  3. noun The act of looking out; watch.
  4. noun One who looks out; also, the place from which one looks out; a watchower. Lyon Playfair.

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