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.

heir

/ˈɛə̯/ noun, verb

Forms heirs heiring heired heire

noun Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another. “My brother is the heir to our childhood house and yet has no interest in it.”
noun One who inherits, or has been designated to inherit, a hereditary title or office. “As the heir to the British throne, the Prince of Wales is a very public figure.”
noun A successor in a role, representing continuity with the predecessor.
verb (ambitransitive) To inherit.

Synonyms

From Middle English heir, from Anglo-Norman eir, heir, from Latin hērēs.

noun One who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the possession of, any property after the death of its owner; one on whom the law bestows the title or property of another at the death of the latter.
noun One who receives any endowment from an ancestor or relation; as, the heir of one's reputation or virtues.
verb To inherit; to succeed to. [R.]

Etymology [OE. heir, eir, hair, OF. heir, eir, F. hoir, L. heres; of uncertain origin. Cf. Hereditary, Heritage.]

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

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