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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evergreen

UK /ˈɛvəɡɹiːn/ · US /ˈɛvɚɡɹin/ adjective, noun, verb, proper noun

Forms evergreens evergreening evergreened

  1. adjective Of plants, especially trees, that do not shed their leaves seasonally.
  2. adjective (contracts) Being a clause which causes an automatic renewal of a contract unless action is taken.
  3. adjective (computing) Of a document, a piece of software, or a data set: kept continually up to date (as opposed to being published at regular intervals and outdated in the meantime)
  4. adjective (broadcasting) Suitable for transmission at any time; not urgent or time-dependent.
  5. noun A shrub or tree that does not shed its leaves or needles seasonally.
  6. noun (specifically, informal) A conifer tree.
  7. noun (broadcasting, informal) A news story that can be published or broadcast at any time.
  8. verb (patent law, pharmaceuticals) To extend the term of a patent beyond the normal legal limit, usually through repeated small modifications.
  9. verb (banking) To set the repayment rate of a loan at or below the interest rate, so low that the principal will never be repaid.
  10. proper noun A rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.
  11. proper noun A neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
  12. proper noun A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
  13. proper noun A neighbourhood of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  14. proper noun A city, the county seat of Conecuh County, Alabama, United States.
  15. proper noun An unincorporated community in Autauga County, Alabama, United States.
  16. proper noun A ghost town in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
  17. proper noun A neighborhood and district of San Jose, California, United States.

Synonyms

sempervirent still-green nondeciduous timeless evergreen plant

Antonyms

deciduous summergreen

Etymology

From ever + green.

Webster’s 1913

  1. Remaining unwithered through the winter, or retaining unwithered leaves until the leaves of the next year are expanded, as pines cedars, hemlocks, and the like.
  2. noun An evergreen plant.
  3. noun pl.

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