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For knowledgeable, the first syllable.

For perseverance, the primary stress is on the third syllable (VEER), with a secondary stress on the first syllable as purr-seh-VEER-ens. (sibilant S as in tense).

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Every word has a stress. Since "sun" is only one syllable, it is stressed.


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The stressed syllable in the word "power" is the first syllable, "pow-". This is because in English, two-syllable words like "power" typically have the stress on the first syllable. The unstressed syllable in "power" is "-er".


What does it mean for a syllable to be stressed?

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Can you get words of primary stress secondary stress and tertiary stress?

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What are words where the whole syllable is stressed?

Monosyllabic (one syllable) words. There is only one syllable so the whole word is stressed.


What is a first syllable stressed?

The first syllable in stressed is stress. The second one is -sed.


What are stressed first syllables?

It refers to words that are stressed on the first syllable.


The stressed syllables in words are called?

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Words that are stressed on the 4th syllable?

incomprehensible, parliamentarian, antediluvian


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Every word has a stress. Since "sun" is only one syllable, it is stressed.


Does breakfast have an accented syllable?

Almost all words have an accented or stressed syllable: here it is the first syllable (BREK-fehst).


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