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  • 11syllable — syl|la|ble [ sıləbl ] noun count * a word or part of a word that has only one vowel sound. For example son has one syllable and father has two syllables …

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  • 12syllable — [[t]sɪ̱ləb(ə)l[/t]] syllables N COUNT A syllable is a part of a word that contains a single vowel sound and that is pronounced as a unit. So, for example, book has one syllable, and reading has two syllables. We children called her Oma, accenting …

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  • 13syllable — [ˈsɪləb(ə)l] noun [C] a part of a word that has only one vowel sound. For example, the word ‘father has two syllables …

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  • 14List of the longest English words with one syllable — This is a list of the candidates for longest English word of one syllable. Unsurprisingly, most of these long words contain one or more digraphs (e.g., rr or ai ) and the occasional trigraph (e.g., tch ). That is, multiple letters are used to… …

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  • 15List of forms of word play — This is a list of techniques used in word play with Wikipedia articles.Technique that involve the phonetic values of words* Mondegreen: a mishearing (usually unintentional) of a phrase as a homophone or near homophone that has as a result… …

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  • 16Longest word in English — The identity of the longest word in English depends upon the definition of what constitutes a word in the English language, as well as how length should be compared. In addition to words derived naturally from the language s roots (without any… …

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  • 17Open syllable lengthening — In linguistics, open syllable lengthening is the process by which short vowels become long when in an open syllable. It occurs in many languages at a phonetic or allophonic level, where no meaningful distinction in length is made. However, as it… …

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  • 18Words with two pronunciations — ◊ different meanings Several words have different pronunciations when they are used with different meanings or in different ways. Some of these words are explained in other entries. See entries at ↑ lead, ↑ read, ↑ use used used to, ↑ wind, and ↑ …

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  • 19words with two pronunciations — ◊ different meanings Several words have different pronunciations when they are used with different meanings or in different ways. Some of these words are explained in other entries. See entries at ↑ lead, ↑ read, ↑ use used used to, ↑ wind, and ↑ …

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  • 20History of the word 'fuck' — In the modern English speaking world, the word fuck is often considered highly offensive. Most English speaking countries censor it on television and radio. A study of the attitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third… …

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