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understate

How many syllables in understate?

  3 syllables

Divide understate into syllables:   un-der-state
Primary syllable stress:   un-der-state
Secondary syllable stress:   un-der-state
How to pronounce understate:   un-der-steyt
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Synonyms for understate


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      What rhymes with understate

      3 syllables
      4 syllables
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