How to pronounce “dead”
Say “dead” in one beat
dead
/dɛd/
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- deaddɛd
- IPA (American)
- /dɛd/
- IPA (British)
- /dɛd/
- Respelling
- DED
- Syllables
- 1 — dead
- Stress
- One syllable, so the whole word carries the beat — say /dɛd/ in one unbroken piece rather than clipping the vowel.
- Part of speech
- noun, adjective, adverb
- Difficulty
- Beginner — most learners get this on the first take
What “dead” means
- noun
people who are no longer living
“they buried the dead”
- noun
a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense
“the dead of winter”
- adjective
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
“the nerve is dead”
Say it in a sentence
“The old phone battery was completely dead by morning.”“dead”, answered
How do you pronounce “dead”?
“dead” is pronounced /dɛd/ (DED) — one syllable. It is one unbroken piece — /dɛd/ — with no pause anywhere inside it.
How many syllables does “dead” have?
One, despite the 2 vowel letters in the spelling. The whole word is /dɛd/ — a single beat.
What does “dead” mean?
As a noun: people who are no longer living For example: “they buried the dead” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “dead”?
One syllable, so the whole word carries the beat — say /dɛd/ in one unbroken piece rather than clipping the vowel.
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