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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stand-up

/ˈstændˌʌp/ adjective, noun

Forms stand-ups standup

  1. adjective Honest; honorable; genuine. “He's a stand-up guy, and a hard worker.”
  2. adjective Upright; while standing. “stand-up comedy”
  3. adjective Performed while standing although normally done while sitting. “Every morning we have a stand-up meeting.”
  4. adjective (baseball, of a hit) That allows the batter to advance to a given base (usually second or third) without having to slide. “stand-up double; stand-up triple”
  5. noun (uncountable) A performance of stand-up comedy; jokes delivered standing on a stage “Sometimes the club has music, sometimes stand-up.”
  6. noun (countable) A comedian who performs on stage.
  7. noun (countable) A news broadcast delivered by an announcer who is filmed standing near the scene of the event.
  8. noun (countable) A short meeting throughout which participants remain standing (to encourage brevity). “How come you weren't at the stand-up this morning?”
  9. noun (countable) A free-standing photographic print or promotional item; a standee.

Synonyms

stand-upper

Etymology

Deverbal from stand up.

Sources: Wiktionary — from the Wiktionary entry “stand-up”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details