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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at home

prepositional phrase, noun

Forms at homes

  1. prepositional phrase Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see at, home. In one's place of residence. “Sorry sir, I left my homework at home.”
  2. prepositional phrase (idiomatic) At ease; comfortable. “I feel at home around my girlfriend's family.”
  3. prepositional phrase In the home of one's parents. “I can't believe it: she's 28 and still lives at home.”
  4. prepositional phrase In a private residence as opposed to a nursing home. “He is really elderly and can still live at home.”
  5. prepositional phrase (sports, of a team) Playing at its usual venue, playing as the home team. “The team has won three-quarters of its games at home, but less than half of away games.”
  6. prepositional phrase (dated) Available or willing to receive visitors.
  7. noun (historical) A type of reception or party whereby the host says that they will be ‘at home’ during specific hours, when guests can come and go as they like.

Antonyms

away away from home on the road

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