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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exposure

UK /ɪkˈspəʊ.ʒə(ɹ)/ · US /ɪkˈspoʊ.ʒɚ/ noun

Forms exposures

  1. noun (uncountable) The condition of being exposed, uncovered, or unprotected. “Limit your exposure to harsh chemicals.”
  2. noun (uncountable) Lack of protection from weather or the elements.
  3. noun The act of exposing something, such as a scandal.
  4. noun (social media) The degree to which an individual, their content, or their brand is seen by the target market or the general public; internet fame.
  5. noun The act or condition of being at risk of financial losses.
  6. noun (countable, uncountable) That part which is facing or exposed to something, e.g. the sun, weather, sky, or a view. “They rented a cabin with a beautiful southern exposure.”
  7. noun (photography) An instance of taking a photograph.
  8. noun (photography) The piece of film exposed to light.

Synonyms

vulnerability photograph photo picture pic

Etymology

From expos(e) + -ure.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of exposing or laying open, setting forth, laying bare of protection, depriving of care or concealment, or setting out to reprobation or contempt.
  2. noun The state of being exposed or laid open or bare; openness to danger; accessibility to anything that may affect, especially detrimentally; as, exposure to observation, to cold to inconvenience.

Etymology [From Expose.]

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

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “exposure” (best matches first).