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SYLLABICATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does syllabicate mean? 

SYLLABICATE (verb)
  The verb SYLLABICATE has 1 sense:

1. divide into syllablesplay

  Familiarity information: SYLLABICATE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SYLLABICATE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they syllabicate  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it syllabicates  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: syllabicated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: syllabicated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: syllabicating  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Divide into syllables

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

syllabicate; syllabify; syllabise; syllabize

Context example:

syllabify the words

Hypernyms (to "syllabicate" is one way to...):

section; segment (divide into segments)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

syllabication (forming or dividing words into syllables)

syllable (a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme)


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