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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overdo

UK /ˌəʊvəˈduː/ · US /ˌoʊvɚˈdu/ verb

Forms overdoes overdoing overdid overdone

  1. verb (transitive) To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to carry too far. “I overdid the sweets during the holidays and put on some weight.”
  2. verb (transitive) To cook for too long. “to overdo the meat”
  3. verb (transitive) To give (someone or something) too much work; to require too much effort or strength of (someone); to use up too much of (something). “to overdo one’s strength”
  4. verb (obsolete, transitive) To do more than (someone); to do (something) to a greater extent.

Synonyms

exaggerate big up cut it fat hyperbolize overcharge overemphasize overstate play up stretch three-sheet overcook overtask overtax fatigue exhaust wear out excel outdo surpass

Antonyms

underdo downplay undercook

Etymology

From Middle English overdon, from Old English oferdōn, equivalent to over- + do.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to exaggerate; to carry too far. Anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing. Shak.
  2. verb To overtask. or overtax; to fatigue; to exhaust; as, to overdo one's strength.
  3. verb To labor too hard; to do too much.

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