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[ US /ˈsɪɫəbəɫ/ ]
[ UK /sˈɪləbə‍l/ ]
NOUN
  1. a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
    the word `pocket' has two syllables

How To Use syllable In A Sentence

  • After blending consonants and vowels, syllables are blended into words and words are used in meaningful sentences.
  • She's stopped talking except for monosyllables.
  • He also seems to write with little concern for cadence, leaving himself stumbling over excess syllables and quixotically stuffing verbal square pegs into musical round holes when it comes time to sing.
  • initialism," the difference being it is an abbreviation using only first letters of words; an acronym being a new word created by the first letters, syllables or even arbitrary parts of the original words. Post-gazette.com - News
  • Just like my mother can hone in on my weak points with GPS accuracy, teenagers can humiliate me with a muttered monosyllable.
  • The second, with its mixture of monosyllables and disyllables - listen, walking, chamber - sustains the alliterative flourish of Melting melodious words.
  • Some people prefer a single syllable such as "peace", as it is easier to chant. Coping with Stress at Work
  • A tanka is a 31 syllable poem that pre-dates the Haiku. BC Bloggers
  • In some present-day music the individual syllables of words are used primarily for their sound quality and seem disconnected from the rest of the text.
  • The accent falls on the third syllable.
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