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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extra

/ˈɛkstɹə/ adjective, adverb, noun

Forms extras

  1. adjective (not comparable) Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary. “I don't mind doing some extra work, as long as I get extra pay.”
  2. adjective (not comparable, dated) Extraordinarily good; superior.
  3. adjective (comparable, slang) Over the top; going beyond what is normal or appropriate, often in a dramatic manner. “You unfollowed her for posting cat memes? You're so extra!”
  4. adverb (informal) To an extraordinary degree. “That day he ran to school extra fast.”
  5. noun Something additional, such as an item above and beyond the ordinary school curriculum, or added to the usual charge on a bill.
  6. noun An extra edition of a newspaper, which is printed outside of the normal printing cycle, for example to report an important late-breaking event. “Extra, extra! Read all about it!”
  7. noun (cricket) A run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat - a wide, bye, leg bye or no ball.
  8. noun (acting) A supernumerary or walk-on in a film or play.
  9. noun (slang) The state or trait of being over the top, of behaving in an overly dramatic manner. “Stop! I can't deal with all your extra today!”
  10. noun Something of an extra quality or grade.
  11. noun (Singapore, military, countable) A day of extra duties (often, over the weekends), as a form of punishment.

Synonyms

addition supplement sundry supernumerary spear carrier duplicate excess redundant spare supererogatory superfluous surplus special additional

Etymology

Abbreviation of extraordinary.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; additional; supernumerary; also, extraordinarily good; superior; as, extra work; extra pay. "By working extra hours." H. Spencer.
  2. noun Something in addition to what is due, expected, or customary; something in addition to the regular charge or compensation, or for which an additional charge is made; as, at European hotels lights are extras. [Colloq.]

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