Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings
Vowels
| iː | see | ɪ | sit | e / ɛ | bed | æ | cat |
| ɑː | father | ɒ | hot (UK) | ɔː | law | ʊ | put |
| uː | too | ʌ | cup | ɜː | bird | ə | about |
| eɪ | day | aɪ | my | ɔɪ | boy | aʊ | now |
| əʊ / oʊ | go (UK / US) | ɪə | near | eə | hair | ʊə | tour |
Consonants that look unusual
| θ | thin | ð | this | ʃ | she | ʒ | measure |
| tʃ | church | dʒ | judge | ŋ | sing | j | yes |
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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Results for “1024”
- eibit nouna unit of information equal to 1024 pebibits or 2^60 bits
- exbibit nouna unit of information equal to 1024 pebibits or 2^60 bits
- exbibyte noun(computing) Strictly, 2⁶⁰ (1024⁶, 1,152,921,504,606,846,976) bytes or 2¹⁰ (1024) pebibytes, as opposed to an exabyte.
- gibibit noun(computing) Strictly, 2³⁰ (1024³, or 1,073,741,824) bits or 2¹⁰ (1024) mebibits, as opposed to a gigabit.
- gibibyte noun(computing) Strictly, 2³⁰ (1024³, or 1,073,741,824) bytes or 2¹⁰ (1024) mebibytes, as opposed to a gigabyte.
- gibit nouna unit of information equal to 1024 mebibits or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bits
- kb noun, proper noun(genetics) Abbreviation of kilobase.
- kib nouna unit of information equal to 1024 bytes
- kibit nouna unit of information equal to 1024 bits
- mebibit noun(computing) Strictly, 2²⁰ (1024², or 1,048,576) bits or 2¹⁰ (1024) kibibits, as opposed to a megabit.
- mebibyte noun(computing) Strictly, 2²⁰ (1024², or 1,048,576) bytes or 2¹⁰ (1024) kibibytes, as opposed to a megabyte.
- mibit nouna unit of information equal to 1024 kibibits or 2^20 (1,048,576) bits
- pebibit noun(computing) Strictly, 2⁵⁰ (1024⁵, 1,125,899,906,842,624) bits or 2¹⁰ (1024) tebibits, as opposed to a petabit.
- pebibyte noun(computing) Strictly, 2⁵⁰ (1024⁵, 1,125,899,906,842,624) bytes or 2¹⁰ (1024) tebibytes, as opposed to a petabyte.
- pibit nouna unit of information equal to 1024 tebibits or 2^50 bits
- tebibit noun(computing) Strictly, 2⁴⁰ (1024⁴, or 1,099,511,627,776) bits or 2¹⁰ (1024) gibibits, as opposed to a terabit.
- tebibyte noun(computing) Strictly, 2⁴⁰ (1024⁴, or 1,099,511,627,776) bytes or 2¹⁰ (1024) gibibytes, as opposed to a terabyte (10¹² bytes).
- tibit nouna unit of information equal to 1024 gibibits or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bits
- yib nouna unit of information equal to 1024 zebibytes or 2^80 bytes
- yibit nouna unit of information equal to 1024 zebibits or 2^80 bits
- yobibit nouna unit of information equal to 1024 zebibits or 2^80 bits
- yobibyte noun(computing) Strictly, 2⁸⁰ (1024⁸, 1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176) bytes or 2¹⁰ (1024) zebibytes, as opposed to a yottabyte.
- zb nouna unit of information equal to 1000 exabits or 10^21 bits
- zebibit nouna unit of information equal to 1024 exbibits or 2^70 bits
- zebibyte noun(computing) Strictly, 2⁷⁰ (1024⁷, 1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424) bytes or 2¹⁰ (1024) exbibytes, as opposed to a zettabyte.
- zib nouna unit of information equal to 1024 exbibytes or 2^70 bytes
- zibit nouna unit of information equal to 1024 exbibits or 2^70 bits