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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take over

verb

Forms takes over taking over took over taken over

  1. verb To assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force.
  2. verb To adopt a further responsibility or duty. “He will take over the job permanently when the accountant retires.”
  3. verb To relieve someone temporarily. “My husband is taking over the accounts department during the holiday period, while the chief accountant is away.”
  4. verb To buy out the ownership of a business. “Acme Motors is to take Jetcar Industries over this week, if all goes as planned.”
  5. verb To appropriate something without permission.
  6. verb To annex a territory by conquest or invasion; to conquer. “Ancient Rome took over lands throughout the known world.”
  7. verb (transitive, intransitive) To become more successful than (someone or something else). “Buzz Lightyear has taken over Woody as the most popular children's toy.”
  8. verb Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, over. “He took the car over to the garage.”

Synonyms

commandeer overtake surpass assume usurp seize arrogate adopt take on relieve bear accept buy out buy up repeat borrow take up absorb

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