Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

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.

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)

-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.

immunization

noun

Forms immunizations immunisation

noun (US, uncountable) The process by which a person is safely exposed in a controlled manner to a material that is designed to prime their immune system against that material. “Immunization against influenza is important for all child-care workers.”
noun (US, countable) One such exposure. “The first immunization a baby gets is against HBV.”
noun (US, uncountable) The process by which any organism's body develops immunity against a pathogen. “Immunization via previous infection is not unusual among infectious diseases, but the degree and duration of such immunization varies by disease and depends on other factors as well (such as immunocapability and dietary sufficiency).”

Synonyms

From French immunisation. Coined by Albert Calmette. Equivalent to immunize + -ation or immune + -ization.

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