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syllabification

American  
[si-lab-uh-fi-kay-shuhn] / sɪˌlæb ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /

noun

plural

syllabifications
  1. the process or result of syllabifying.


Other Word Forms

  • resyllabification noun

Example Sentences

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His attention is called to syllabification as well as to diacritical marks.

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For further details on syllabification in our oldest Latin manuscripts, see Th.

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Possibly the study might more accurately be called word-study, since it aims also at training for pronunciation, syllabification, vocabulary extension, and etymology.

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As such they are the carriers of practically all significant differences in stress, pitch, and syllabification.

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This was uttered with such blinding rapidity of syllabification as to be a better test of teetotalism than the Scotch one of saying "Biblical criticism" six times.

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