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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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baseline

/ˈbeɪslaɪn/ noun, verb

Forms baselines baselining baselined

  1. noun A line that is a base for measurement or for construction. “A laser level generates a convenient baseline for interior work.”
  2. noun A datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison. “We used the last doctor visit to provide baselines for vital statistics.”
  3. noun (typography) A line used as the basis for the alignment of glyphs. “Several characters typically have descenders below the lower baseline.”
  4. noun (tennis) The line at the farthest ends of the court indicating the boundary of the area of play. “The umpire missed the call. The ball hit the baseline.”
  5. noun (engineering) A configuration of software, hardware, or a process that is established and documented as a point of reference. “The baseline configuration includes unsupported components.”
  6. noun (medicine) An initial measurement or observation used as a reference point to compare future changes.
  7. verb (engineering, computing, transitive) To provide a baseline for measurement.
  8. verb (tennis, intransitive) To play from the baseline.

Synonyms

service line

Etymology

From base + line.

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