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antecedent

How many syllables in antecedent?

  4 syllables

Divide antecedent into syllables:   an-te-ced-ent
Primary syllable stress:   an-te-ced-ent
Secondary syllable stress:   an-te-ced-ent
How to pronounce antecedent:   an-tuh-see-dent
How to say antecedent:

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