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appositive

How many syllables in appositive?

  4 syllables

Divide appositive into syllables:   ap-pos-i-tive
Stressed syllable in appositive:   ap-pos-i-tive
How to pronounce appositive:   uh-poz-i-tiv
How to say appositive:

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