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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set up

/ˌsɛt ˈʌp/ verb, adjective

Forms sets up setting up

  1. verb (transitive) To make ready for use. “We set up the sprinkler.”
  2. verb (transitive) To arrange logically. “Set up my CD collection.”
  3. verb (transitive) To cause to happen. “Even a minor change can set up new bugs.”
  4. verb (transitive) To trap or ensnare. “I've got to set up that tasty rabbit.”
  5. verb (transitive) To arrange for an outcome; to tamper or rig. “The election was set up!”
  6. verb (intransitive) To prepare or get ready. “Give me a minute — I'm still setting up.”
  7. verb (intransitive) To gel or harden. “Give the cement 24 hours to set up before walking on it.”
  8. verb (intransitive) To level to rise in one part of a body of water, especially a shallow one, because of a storm surge caused by persistent wind. “The level set up at the south end of the lake after a day of north winds.”
  9. adjective In a position to function; ready. “Now that I'm set up, this will take moments!”

Synonyms

install put in ready prepare assemble configure frame frame up put up compose prepared establish found launch piece put together tack tack together raise erect rear lay out set arrange ensnare entrap effect effectuate instal rig

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