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syllabication

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[si-lab-i-kay-shuhn] / sɪˌlæb ɪˈkeɪ ʃən /

noun

syllabications plural
  1. a variant of syllabification.


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From Textbooks Dec. 21, 2021

The crowd chatter, much of it warmly spiced with Spanish-American syllabication, died.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Fairbain did well and actually seemed to be enjoying himself until syllabication did him in.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

The old-fashioned method of oral spelling by syllables m-a-s-mas-t-e-r-ter-master will be found extremely useful in teaching correct syllabication.

From Division of Words Rules for the Division of Words at the Ends of Lines, with Remarks on Spelling, Syllabication and Pronunciation by Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William)

All new words of special difficulty, at the heads of the lessons, having their syllabication, accent, and pronunciation indicated according to Webster.

From New National Fourth Reader by Barnes, Charles J.

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