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expectation

How many syllables in expectation?

  4 syllables

Divide expectation into syllables:   ex-pec-ta-tion
Primary syllable stress:   ex-pec-ta-tion
Secondary syllable stress:   ex-pec-ta-tion
How to pronounce expectation:   eks-pek-tay-shun
How to say expectation:

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Synonyms for expectation


1 syllable
  • hope
  • trust
2 syllables
3 syllables
    4 syllables
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      What rhymes with expectation

      1 syllable
      • corp
        2 syllables
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        • nation
        • station
        3 syllables
        4 syllables
        5 syllables
        6 syllables
        7 syllables
        8 syllables
        9 syllables
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