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expansion

How many syllables in expansion?

  3 syllables

Divide expansion into syllables:   ex-pan-sion
Stressed syllable in expansion:   ex-pan-sion
How to pronounce expansion:   ik-span-shun
How to say expansion:

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Synonyms for expansion


1 syllable
  • gain
  • rise
  • growth
2 syllables
  • advance
  • increase
  • upturn
  • comment
  • upsurge
3 syllables
  • broadening
  • extension
  • spreading out
4 syllables
5 syllables
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