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adaptation

How many syllables in adaptation?

  4 syllables

Divide adaptation into syllables:   ad-ap-ta-tion
Primary syllable stress:   ad-ap-ta-tion
Secondary syllable stress:   ad-ap-ta-tion
How to pronounce adaptation:   ad-up-tey-shun
How to say adaptation:

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Synonyms for adaptation


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      What rhymes with adaptation

      1 syllable
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