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How to pronounce “syllable”

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Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of syllable with real speech in context.
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Real speech example
Adam Grant: How to stop languishing and start finding flowOr if you can only muster one syllable,
Definition summary
(linguistics) A unit of human speech which often forms words corresponding to one opening of the mouth; a vowel and its surrounding consonants.

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How to pronounce syllable

Adam Grant: How to stop languishing and start finding flow

Or if you can only muster one syllable,

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “syllable”

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • (linguistics) A unit of human speech which often forms words corresponding to one opening of the mouth; a vowel and its surrounding consonants.
  • The written representation of a given pronounced syllable.
  • A small part of a sentence or discourse; anything concise or short; a particle.
  • [Verb]
  • (transitive, poetic) To utter in syllables.

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