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circumscription

How many syllables in circumscription?

  4 syllables

Divide circumscription into syllables:   cir-cum-scrip-tion
Primary syllable stress:   cir-cum-scrip-tion
Secondary syllable stress:   cir-cum-scrip-tion
How to pronounce circumscription:   sur-kum-skrip-shun
How to say circumscription:

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