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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ace

/ˈeɪ̯s/ noun, verb, adjective, proper noun

Forms aces acing aced

  1. noun (card games) A playing card showing a single pip, typically the highest or lowest ranking card in a game.
  2. noun (dice games) A die face marked with a single dot, typically representing the number one.
  3. noun The ball marked with the number 1 in pool and related games.
  4. noun (US, slang) A dollar bill.
  5. noun A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.
  6. noun (tennis, volleyball) A serve won without the opponent hitting the ball.
  7. noun (sports) A point won by a single stroke, as in handball, rackets, etc.
  8. noun (US, baseball) The best pitcher on the team.
  9. verb (transitive, US, informal) To pass (a test, interviews etc.) perfectly.
  10. verb (ambitransitive, US, informal) To defeat (others) in a contest; to outdo (others) in a competition.
  11. verb (ambitransitive, tennis) To win a point against (an opponent) by an ace.
  12. verb (golf) To make an ace (hole in one).
  13. adjective (UK, slang) Excellent.
  14. adjective (slang) Asexual, not experiencing sexual attraction.
  15. noun (slang) A person who is asexual.
  16. proper noun A male given name.
  17. proper noun A common nickname suggesting skill, particularly among airplane pilots.
  18. proper noun (file format) A proprietary data compression archive file format.
  19. noun (film) A member of American Cinema Editors

Synonyms

atom thought atomy aught bissel continental bit crumb glimpse dab damn dash diddly glint dot spatter drop dusting fleck glimmer one 1 I single unity adept champion sensation maven mavin

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English as, from Old French as, from Latin as, assis (“unity, copper coin, the unit of coinage”), probably borrowed from Etruscan. Doublet of as.

Clipping of asexual.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A unit; a single point or spot on a card or die; the card or die so marked; as, the ace of diamonds.
  2. noun Hence: A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot. I 'll not wag an ace further. Dryden.

Etymology [OE. as, F. as, fr. L. as, assis, unity, copper coin, the unit of coinage. Cf. As.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “ace”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details