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.

sideline

/ˈsaɪdlaɪn/ noun, verb

Forms sidelines sidelining sidelined side line side-line

noun A line at the side of something.
noun Something that is additional or extra or that exists around the edges or margins of a main item. “She started the business as a sideline to her regular work and it ended up becoming the greater source of income.”
noun A line for hobbling an animal by connecting the fore and the hind feet of the same side.
noun (sports) A line defining the side boundary of a playing field. Used in Canadian football, field lacrosse and basketball.
noun (sports, usually in the plural) The area outside the playing field beyond each sideline. “The coach stood on the sidelines and bellowed commands at the team.”
noun (figuratively) The outside or perimeter of any activity. “to relegate to the sidelines”
noun (Canada) A secondary road, especially a byroad at right angles to a main road.
noun (Philippines) A side hustle.
verb (sports, transitive) To place on the sidelines; to bench or to keep someone out of play. “The coach sidelined the player until he regained his strength.”
verb (figurative, transitive) To remove or keep out of circulation or out of the focus. “The illness sidelined him for weeks.”

Synonyms

From side + line.

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