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How to pronounce “execution”

“execution” is pronounced /ˌɛksəˈkjuʃən/ (ek-suh-KYOO-shuhn) in American English and /ɛksɪkjuːʃən/ in British English — 4 syllables, stressed on “ut”.
The sound

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execution

/ˌɛksəˈkjuʃən/

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

4 beats
  1. exɛk
  2. ecsə
  3. utkjustress
  4. ionʃən
IPA (American)
/ˌɛksəˈkjuʃən/
IPA (British)
/ɛksɪkjuːʃən/
Respelling
ek-suh-KYOO-shuhn
Syllables
4 — ex-ec-UT-ion
Stress
Stress the third syllable: ex-ec-UT-ion. “ut” 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

/ˌɛksəˈkjuʃən/

British

/ɛksɪkjuːʃən/

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Meaning

What “execution” means

  1. noun

    putting a condemned person to death

  2. noun

    the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it

    “they criticised his performance as mayor”

  3. noun

    (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer

Say it in a sentence

“The idea was good; the execution let it down badly.”
Sound by sound

The sounds inside this word

8 sounds, in the order you say them
ɛshort ekk×2ssəschwa×2jyulong ooʃshnn

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Questions

“execution”, answered

How do you pronounce “execution”?

“execution” is pronounced /ˌɛksəˈkjuʃən/ (ek-suh-KYOO-shuhn) in American English and /ɛksɪkjuːʃən/ in British English — 4 syllables, stressed on “ut”. Build it as ex-ec-UT-ion, then run the third syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.

How many syllables does “execution” have?

4: ex · ec · ut · ion. The beat lands on the third, “ut”.

Is “execution” said differently in British English?

Yes. American English says /ˌɛksəˈkjuʃən/ (ek-suh-KYOO-shuhn); British English says /ɛksɪkjuːʃən/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.

What does “execution” mean?

As a noun: putting a condemned person to death For example: “The idea was good; the execution let it down badly.” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.

Where is the stress in “execution”?

Stress the third syllable: ex-ec-UT-ion. “ut” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.

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