How to pronounce “assumption”
Say “assumption” in 3 beats
assumption
/əˈsʌmpʃən/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /ɐsʌmpʃən/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- asə
- sumpsʌmpstress
- tionʃən
- IPA (American)
- /əˈsʌmpʃən/
- IPA (British)
- /ɐsʌmpʃən/
- Respelling
- uh-SUMP-shuhn
- Syllables
- 3 — as-SUMP-tion
- Stress
- Stress the second syllable: as-SUMP-tion. “sump” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Difficulty
- Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
American and British are not the same here
/əˈsʌmpʃən/
/ɐsʌmpʃən/
No audio here: sayit’s voice is American, so a British button would play the American word. Read the transcription instead.
What “assumption” means
- noun
a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
“on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play”
- noun
a hypothesis that is taken for granted
“any society is built upon certain assumptions”
- noun
the act of taking possession of or power over something
“his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba”
Say it in a sentence
“His whole argument rests on one questionable assumption.”“assumption”, answered
How do you pronounce “assumption”?
“assumption” is pronounced /əˈsʌmpʃən/ (uh-SUMP-shuhn) in American English and /ɐsʌmpʃən/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “sump”. Build it as as-SUMP-tion, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “assumption” have?
3: as · sump · tion. The beat lands on the second, “sump”.
Is “assumption” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /əˈsʌmpʃən/ (uh-SUMP-shuhn); British English says /ɐsʌmpʃən/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “assumption” mean?
As a noun: a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn For example: “on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “assumption”?
Stress the second syllable: as-SUMP-tion. “sump” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
Now say “assumption” and see every sound
Record it once and sayit lines your audio up against the target sound by sound — what landed, what slipped, and what it sounded like instead.