The word "stopped" has one syllable in most dialects of English. It is usually pronounced as stawpt. Since there is only one vowel in stawpt, it has only one syllable.
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There are 12 syllables: The - steed - and - trav-ell-ers - stopped - the - cou-ri-er's - feet.
Two syllables.
The word "temporary" has the same number of syllables as "stationary," which is four.
The word classify has three syllables. Clas-si-fy. You can determine the number of syllables a word has by saying the word aloud and clapping. The number of claps will correspond to the number of syllables.
Meteor has three syllables: Me-te-or
There are 3 syllables. A - num-ber.
There are two syllables. Num-ber.
The word annual has three syllables. The syllables in the word are an-nu-al.
Simply speaking, the number of times you open your mouth to pronounce a word is the number of syllables. Therefore, "waters" would have two syllables.