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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outreach

/ˈaʊtɹiːtʃ/ noun, verb

Forms outreaches outreaching outreached

  1. noun The act of reaching out.
  2. noun The act of raising awareness.
  3. noun The extent or length of one's reach.
  4. noun The act or practice of visiting and providing services (of a charity, church, or other organization) to people who might not otherwise have access to those services. “He is involved in social outreach, education and environmental initiatives.”
  5. verb (transitive) To reach further than.
  6. verb (transitive) To surpass or exceed.
  7. verb (intransitive) To go too far.
  8. verb (intransitive) To provide charitable or religious services to people who would otherwise not have access to those services.

Etymology

From out- + reach.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To reach beyond.

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