How to pronounce “conclusion”
Say “conclusion” in 3 beats
conclusion
/kənˈkluʒən/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /kəŋkluːʒən/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- conckən
- lusklustress
- ionʒən
- IPA (American)
- /kənˈkluʒən/
- IPA (British)
- /kəŋkluːʒən/
- Respelling
- kuhn-KLOO-zhuhn
- Syllables
- 3 — conc-LUS-ion
- Stress
- Stress the second syllable: conc-LUS-ion. “lus” 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
/kənˈkluʒən/
/kəŋkluːʒən/
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What “conclusion” means
- noun
a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
“a decision unfavorable to the opposition”
- noun
an intuitive assumption
“jump to a conclusion”
- noun
the temporal end; the concluding time
“the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell”
Say it in a sentence
“The conclusion of the report surprised almost everybody.”“conclusion”, answered
How do you pronounce “conclusion”?
“conclusion” is pronounced /kənˈkluʒən/ (kuhn-KLOO-zhuhn) in American English and /kəŋkluːʒən/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “lus”. Build it as conc-LUS-ion, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “conclusion” have?
3: conc · lus · ion. The beat lands on the second, “lus”.
Is “conclusion” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /kənˈkluʒən/ (kuhn-KLOO-zhuhn); British English says /kəŋkluːʒən/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “conclusion” mean?
As a noun: a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration For example: “a decision unfavorable to the opposition” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “conclusion”?
Stress the second syllable: conc-LUS-ion. “lus” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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