to abhor - detest utterly; loathe; abominate
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∙ 13y agoThe word prefix has two syllables. When used as a verb, the stress is no the second syllable. The syllables are pre-fix'.
Conflict can be a noun or a verb. As a noun, the accent is on the first syllable. As a verb, the accent is on the second syllable.
First syllable if used as a noun, second syllable if used as a verb.
Either syllable may be stressed, depending on the meaning. Like some other two-syllable words, permit is a noun when stressed on the first (PERmit), and a verb when stressed on the last syllable (perMIT). Other examples of this phenomenon are: PER-fume (noun) and per-FUME (verb); PER-fect (adjective) and per-FECT (verb); CONtent and conTENT; similarly CONvoy and conVEY.
One example of a two-syllable verb starting with "c" that may be the first in a dictionary is "capture."
No, walked consists of only one syllable in speech. In old verse and song it may have two.
In the first pronunciation of the verb prefix, the stress is typically on the second syllable. For example, in the word "decrease," the stress is on the syllable "crease."
In English, the part of speech of a two-syllable word is typically determined by its context within a sentence. Pay attention to how the word is used and the role it plays in the sentence. Additionally, grammar rules and word endings can provide clues to whether a two-syllable word is functioning as a noun or a verb.
It can be either, depending on whether it's used as a noun or a verb.
It is both. The spelling is the same, but the pronunciation is different. For the verb form, the second syllable is stressed. For the noun form, the first syllable is stressed.
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Yes it's an open syllable.