How to pronounce “integration”
Say “integration” in 4 beats
integration
/ˌɪntəˈɡɹeɪʃən/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /ɪntɪɡɹeɪʃən/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- inɪn
- tegtə
- ratɡɹeɪstress
- ionʃən
- IPA (American)
- /ˌɪntəˈɡɹeɪʃən/
- IPA (British)
- /ɪntɪɡɹeɪʃən/
- Also accepted
- /ˌɪnəˈɡɹeɪʃən/
- Respelling
- in-tuh-GRAY-shuhn
- Syllables
- 4 — in-teg-RAT-ion
- Stress
- Stress the third syllable: in-teg-RAT-ion. “rat” 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
/ˌɪntəˈɡɹeɪʃən/
/ɪntɪɡɹeɪʃən/
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What “integration” means
- noun
the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community
- noun
the act of combining into an integral whole
“a consolidation of two corporations”
- noun
an operation used in the calculus whereby the integral of a function is determined
Say it in a sentence
“Integration with the old system took longer than the build.”“integration”, answered
How do you pronounce “integration”?
“integration” is pronounced /ˌɪntəˈɡɹeɪʃən/ (in-tuh-GRAY-shuhn) in American English and /ɪntɪɡɹeɪʃən/ in British English, and /ˌɪnəˈɡɹeɪʃən/ is also accepted — 4 syllables, stressed on “rat”. Build it as in-teg-RAT-ion, then run the third syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “integration” have?
4: in · teg · rat · ion. The beat lands on the third, “rat”.
Is “integration” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˌɪntəˈɡɹeɪʃən/ (in-tuh-GRAY-shuhn); British English says /ɪntɪɡɹeɪʃən/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “integration” mean?
As a noun: the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community For example: “Integration with the old system took longer than the build.” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “integration”?
Stress the third syllable: in-teg-RAT-ion. “rat” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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