How to pronounce “iteration”
Say “iteration” in 4 beats
iteration
/ˌɪtɚˈeɪʃən/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /ɪtəɹeɪʃən/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- itɪ
- ertɚ
- ateɪstress
- ionʃən
- IPA (American)
- /ˌɪtɚˈeɪʃən/
- IPA (British)
- /ɪtəɹeɪʃən/
- Respelling
- i-tuh-AY-shuhn
- Syllables
- 4 — it-er-AT-ion
- Stress
- Stress the third syllable: it-er-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
American and British are not the same here
/ˌɪtɚˈeɪʃən/
/ɪtəɹeɪʃən/
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What “iteration” means
- noun
(computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated
“the solution took hundreds of iterations”
- noun
(computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained
“the solution is obtained by iteration”
- noun
doing or saying again; a repeated performance
Say it in a sentence
“The third iteration was the first one that actually worked.”“iteration”, answered
How do you pronounce “iteration”?
“iteration” is pronounced /ˌɪtɚˈeɪʃən/ (i-tuh-AY-shuhn) in American English and /ɪtəɹeɪʃən/ in British English — 4 syllables, stressed on “at”. Build it as it-er-AT-ion, then run the third syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “iteration” have?
4: it · er · at · ion. The beat lands on the third, “at”.
Is “iteration” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˌɪtɚˈeɪʃən/ (i-tuh-AY-shuhn); British English says /ɪtəɹeɪʃən/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “iteration” mean?
As a noun: (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated For example: “the solution took hundreds of iterations” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “iteration”?
Stress the third syllable: it-er-AT-ion. “at” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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