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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turn on

verb

Forms turns on turning on turned on

  1. verb (transitive) To set a flow of fluid or gas running by rotating a tap or valve. “Turn on the tap/faucet.”
  2. verb (transitive) To power up, to put into operation, to start, to activate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.). “Please turn the lights on so I can see what I'm reading.”
  3. verb (intransitive, of a device) To start operating; to power up, to become on. “My computer won't turn on.”
  4. verb (transitive) To introduce (someone to something), and especially to fill them with enthusiasm (about it); to intoxicate, give pleasure to ( + to an object of interest or excitement). “Attractive packaging can turn buyers on to a product.”
  5. verb (transitive) To sexually arouse. “John's a maid fetishist. Maid outfits really turn him on.”
  6. verb (intransitive, slang) To take drugs.
  7. verb (transitive, slang) To cause to take up drugs, especially hallucinogens.
  8. verb (transitive) To aim at. “He turned the searchlight on the passing planes.”

Synonyms

turn against switch on depend on devolve on depend upon ride hinge on hinge upon agitate rouse charge commove excite charge up arouse sex wind up trip trip out get off

Antonyms

turn off shut off

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