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How to pronounce “causation”

“causation” is pronounced /ˌkɔˈzeɪʃən/ (kaw-ZAY-shuhn) in American English and /kɔːseɪʃən/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “at”.
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causation

/ˌkɔˈzeɪʃən/

The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /kɔːseɪʃən/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.

3 beats
  1. causkɔ
  2. atzeɪstress
  3. ionʃən
IPA (American)
/ˌkɔˈzeɪʃən/
IPA (British)
/kɔːseɪʃən/
Respelling
kaw-ZAY-shuhn
Syllables
3 — caus-AT-ion
Stress
Stress the second syllable: caus-AT-ion. “at” 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
Accents

American and British are not the same here

American

/ˌkɔˈzeɪʃən/

British

/kɔːseɪʃən/

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Meaning

What “causation” means

  1. noun

    the act of causing something to happen

Say it in a sentence

“Correlation is easy to find; causation is much harder to prove.”
Sound by sound

The sounds inside this word

7 sounds, in the order you say them
kkɔawzzeɪlong aʃshəschwann

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Questions

“causation”, answered

How do you pronounce “causation”?

“causation” is pronounced /ˌkɔˈzeɪʃən/ (kaw-ZAY-shuhn) in American English and /kɔːseɪʃən/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “at”. Build it as caus-AT-ion, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.

How many syllables does “causation” have?

3: caus · at · ion. The beat lands on the second, “at”.

Is “causation” said differently in British English?

Yes. American English says /ˌkɔˈzeɪʃən/ (kaw-ZAY-shuhn); British English says /kɔːseɪʃən/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.

What does “causation” mean?

As a noun: the act of causing something to happen For example: “Correlation is easy to find; causation is much harder to prove.”

Where is the stress in “causation”?

Stress the second syllable: caus-AT-ion. “at” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.

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