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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superannuate

/ˌsuːpəɹˈænjueɪt/ verb

Forms superannuates superannuating superannuated

  1. verb (transitive) To retire or put out of use due to age.
  2. verb (transitive) To show to be obsolete due to age.
  3. verb (intransitive) To retire due to age.
  4. verb (intransitive) To become obsolete or antiquated.
  5. verb (transitive) To give a pension to, on account of old age or other infirmity; to cause to retire from service on a pension.

Synonyms

pension pension off put out to pasture call it a day hang up one's boots age obsolesce

Etymology

Back-formation from superannuated; Latin super "over" + annus "year"

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To impair or disquality on account of age or infirmity. Sir T. Browne.
  2. verb To give a pension to, on account of old age or other infirmity; to cause to retire from service on a pension.
  3. verb To last beyond the year; --said of annual plants. [Obs.]

Etymology [Pref. super- + L. annus a year.]

Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “superannuate”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details