The Pronunciation Guide
The Pronunciation Guide can be found on your Pen under Guides and Glossaries in the Information menu.
It provides a list of symbols corresponding to the phonetic code that is seen when the dictionary and thesaurus entries are in expanded view.
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Sound |
Sample Words (words with this sound) |
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ã |
pat |
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â |
pay |
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r |
care |
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father |
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b |
bib |
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ch |
church |
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d |
deed, mailed |
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ĕ |
pet |
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ç |
bee |
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f |
fife, phrase, rough |
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g |
gag |
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h |
hat |
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hw |
which |
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ĭ |
pit |
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î |
ride, pie, by |
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r |
dear, fierce, mere |
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j |
judge |
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k |
kick, cat, school |
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kw |
choir, quick |
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l |
lid, needle |
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m |
man, am |
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n |
no, sudden |
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ng |
thing |
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ŏ |
pot |
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ô |
toe |
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caught, paw, for |
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oi |
noise |
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took, full |
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boot, rude |
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ou |
out, cow |
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p |
pop |
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r |
roar |
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s |
sauce |
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sh |
ship, dish |
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t |
tight, stopped |
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th |
thin |
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th |
this |
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ŭ |
cut |
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r |
urge, term, firm, heard |
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v |
valve |
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w |
with |
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y |
yes |
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y |
cure |
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y |
abuse, use |
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z |
zebra, rose, size,xylophone |
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zh |
vision, pleasure, garage |
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ә |
ago, silent, pencil, lemon, circus |
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әr |
butter |
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Foreign: |
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œ |
French feu, German schn |
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French tu, German ber |
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KH |
German ich Scottish loch |
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N |
French bon |
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Stress: |
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Primary (): |
global (glôbәl) |
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Secondary (): |
globalize (glôbә-lîz) |
The Abbreviations Guide
The Abbreviations Guide can be found on your Pen under Guides and Glossaries in the Information menu.
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Abbreviation |
Complete Word |
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Parts of Speech: |
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abbr. |
abbreviation |
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adj. |
adjective |
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adv. |
adverb |
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conj. |
conjunction |
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def. art. |
definite article |
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indef.art. |
indefinite article |
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interj. |
interjection |
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n. |
noun |
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n. pl |
noun plural |
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pref. |
prefix |
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prep. |
preposition |
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pron. |
pronoun |
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suff. |
suffix |
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v. |
verb |
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v. aux. |
auxiliary verb |
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v. intr. |
intransitive verb |
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v. tr |
transitive verb |
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Other Abbreviations: |
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Abbr. |
Abbreviations |
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Phr. V. |
Phrasal Verbs |







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