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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turnaround

UK /ˈtɜːnəˌɹaʊnd/ · US /ˈtɜɹnəˌɹaʊnd/ noun

Forms turnarounds turn-around turn around turnround

  1. noun The act of turning to face in the other direction. “The basketball player made a turnaround jump shot.”
  2. noun A reversal of policy.
  3. noun The carrying out of a task; the time required to carry it out. “They tried to reduce their turnaround on incoming paperwork.”
  4. noun A turnabout; a reversal of circumstances.
  5. noun (art) A series of sketches of a character as seen from different angles.
  6. noun (music) A cadence linking the end of a verse to the beginning of the next.
  7. noun (music) The notation for the addition of a grace note above then below a given note.
  8. noun (US, historical) Synonym of goback.

Synonyms

U-turn goback turnaround time reversal change of mind flip-flop turnabout turnround reversion reverse

Etymology

Deverbal from turn around.

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