Pronunciation
How to pronounce “replacement”
“replacement” is pronounced /ɹɪpleɪsmənt/ — 3 syllables.
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replacement
/ɹɪpleɪsmənt/
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3 syllables. Stress the 'eɪsm' part (say it longer and louder) and let the others relax — unstressed vowels often soften to a lazy /ə/.Meaning
the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another
“replacing the star will not be easy”
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