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preservation

How many syllables in preservation?

  4 syllables

Divide preservation into syllables:   pres-er-va-tion
Primary syllable stress:   pres-er-va-tion
Secondary syllable stress:   pres-er-va-tion
How to say preservation:

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    What rhymes with preservation

    2 syllables
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