Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

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)

-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.

outwork

/aʊtˈwɜːk/ verb, noun

Forms outworks outworking outworked

verb (transitive) To work more, faster, or harder than (someone else). “A few may be able to outsmart him, but no one can outwork him.”
verb (rare, obsolete) To work out to a finish; to complete.
noun (architecture, countable) A minor, subsidiary fortification built beyond the main limits of fortification. “Beyond the castle, scattered outworks offered some protection for the farther-flung peasants.”
noun Agricultural work done outdoors in the fields.

Synonyms

From out- + work.

verb To exceed in working; to work more or faster than.
noun A minor defense constructed beyond the main body of a work, as a ravelin, lunette, hornwork, etc. Wilhelm.

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