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circumstance

How many syllables in circumstance?

  3 syllables

Divide circumstance into syllables:   cir-cum-stance
Stressed syllable in circumstance:   cir-cum-stance
How to pronounce circumstance:   sir-kum-stans
How to say circumstance:

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Synonyms for circumstance


1 syllable
  • fact
    2 syllables
    • context
    • event
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
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      What rhymes with circumstance

      3 syllables
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