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.

set out

/ˈsɛt‿aʊt/ verb

Forms sets out setting out

verb (transitive) To explain something, or give exact details, usually in writing. “This contract sets out all the terms of the agreement as we discussed.”
verb (intransitive) To go out, leave. “Tomorrow we set out for America.”
verb (intransitive) To start an activity with the intention of finishing it. “He set out with the aim of writing the book in less than 3 months.”
verb (UK, transitive) To position, to put in a position
verb (transitive, obsolete, printing) To arrange the necessary type into a printing press in preparation to run it.

Synonyms

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “set out”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details