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"Celebrate" is the first verb in the C section of most dictionaries that has two syllables.
There are 2 syllables. Fright-ened.
One example of a two-syllable adjective starting with "d" that may appear first in a dictionary is "decisive."
There are two syllables. Sec-tion.
There are 3 syllables in the adjective thunderous: thun-der-ous.
"August," be it the noun or the adjective, is generally thought to have a phonetic pronunciation of "aw-ghust," and thus has two syllables.
"Squirrels" has two syllables. It is frequently pronounced with one, but it has two.
The word gazes has two syllables. The syllables are GAZ-es. The stress is on the first syllable.
There are two syllables in the word whirling. The syllables are WHIR-ling. The stress is on the first syllable.
I learned about syllables by clapping. Section up a word into syllables and for each syllable/section of the word, clap. The amount of claps used is the amount of syllables. It sounds kind of complicated the way I've described it but once you get the hang of it, everyone will! Try it with people's names first. For example, Amy: A-my has two syllables and two claps. Daniella: Dan-i-ell-a has four sections and four claps. George: George has one syllable so therfore has one clap.
Yes, "powerful" has two syllables. The emphasis is on the first syllable "pow-".