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elaboration

How many syllables in elaboration?

  5 syllables

Divide elaboration into syllables:   e-lab-o-ra-tion
Primary syllable stress:   e-lab-o-ra-tion
Secondary syllable stress:   e-lab-o-ra-tion
How to pronounce elaboration:   ih-lab-er-ey-shun
How to say elaboration:

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        What rhymes with elaboration

        1 syllable
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