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 up

verb

Forms takes up taking up took up taken up take ups take one up

  1. verb (transitive) To pick up.
  2. verb (transitive) To remove (a ground or floor surface, including the bed of a road or the track of a railway). “We're going to have to take up the floorboards.”
  3. verb (transitive) To absorb (a liquid), to soak up.
  4. verb (transitive, sewing) To shorten (a garment), especially by hemming. “If we take up the sleeves a bit, that shirt will look much better on you.”
  5. verb (transitive) To tighten or wind in (a rope, slack, etc.) “The reel automatically took up the slack.”
  6. verb (transitive) To occupy; to consume (space or time). “The books on finance take up three shelves.”
  7. verb (transitive) To take, to assume (one’s appointed or intended place). “She took up her post at the foot of the stairs.”
  8. verb (transitive) To begin doing (an activity) on a regular basis. “I’ve taken up knitting.”

Synonyms

take in latch on fasten on hook on seize on start adopt borrow take over assume take strike sorb scoop scoop out lift out scoop up absorb suck imbibe soak up sop up suck up draw suck in resume

Antonyms

turn down

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