How to pronounce “procedure”
Say “procedure” in 3 beats
procedure
/pɹəˈsidʒɚ/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /pɹəsiːdʒə/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- pɹəpɹə
- sisistress
- dʒɚdʒɚ
- IPA (American)
- /pɹəˈsidʒɚ/
- IPA (British)
- /pɹəsiːdʒə/
- Also accepted
- /pɹoʊˈsidʒɚ/
- Respelling
- pruh-SEE-juh
- Syllables
- 3 — pɹə-SI-dʒɚ
- Stress
- Stress the second syllable: pɹə-SI-dʒɚ. “si” 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
/pɹəˈsidʒɚ/
/pɹəsiːdʒə/
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What “procedure” means
- noun
a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
“the procedure of obtaining a driver's license”
- noun
a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
“the operations in building a house”
- noun
a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
Say it in a sentence
“The procedure is simple once you have done it once.”“procedure”, answered
How do you pronounce “procedure”?
“procedure” is pronounced /pɹəˈsidʒɚ/ (pruh-SEE-juh) in American English and /pɹəsiːdʒə/ in British English, and /pɹoʊˈsidʒɚ/ is also accepted — 3 syllables, stressed on “si”. Build it as pɹə-SI-dʒɚ, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “procedure” have?
3: pɹə · si · dʒɚ. The beat lands on the second, “si”.
Is “procedure” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /pɹəˈsidʒɚ/ (pruh-SEE-juh); British English says /pɹəsiːdʒə/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “procedure” mean?
As a noun: a particular course of action intended to achieve a result For example: “the procedure of obtaining a driver's license” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “procedure”?
Stress the second syllable: pɹə-SI-dʒɚ. “si” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
Now say “procedure” and see every sound
Record it once and sayit lines your audio up against the target sound by sound — what landed, what slipped, and what it sounded like instead.