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Syllabify

To form or divide into syllables.

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Section 76% connected

The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies.

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Segment 76% connected

One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion; as, a segment of an orange;…

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Syllabication 74% connected

The act of forming syllables; the act or method of dividing words into syllables. See Guide to Pron., /275.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Syllabication 74% connected

The act of forming syllables; the act or method of dividing words into syllables. See Guide to Pron., /275.

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Syllable 74% connected

An elementary sound, or a combination of elementary sounds, uttered together, or with a single effort or impulse of the voice, and constituting a wor…

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Syllable 74% connected

An elementary sound, or a combination of elementary sounds, uttered together, or with a single effort or impulse of the voice, and constituting a wor…

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Syllabicate 92% connected

To form or divide into syllables; to syllabify.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Syllabize 92% connected

To syllabify.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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