single syllable
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsingleandsyllable
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single
adjective
uk/ˈsɪŋ.ɡəl/us/ˈsɪŋ.ɡəl/
one ...
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syllable
noun[C]
uk/ˈsɪl.ə.bəl/us/ˈsɪl.ə.bəl/
a single unit of speech, either a whole word or one of the parts into which a word can be separated, usually containing ...
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(Definition ofsingleandsyllablefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsingle syllable
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Also, asinglesyllablebetween feet may be adjoined to a monosyllabic foot to its left, for example, the second syllable of migratory.
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By implication, it is necessary to be cautious before inferring that the production of asinglesyllablefrom a multisyllabic target reflectssinglesyllableextraction.
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When a tone is associated with asinglesyllable, the relationship between the two is unique, and no mapping is required.
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A double consonant is one whose duration extends over two syllables, whereas the duration of a long consonant is confirmed to asinglesyllable.
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The syllable on which the stress occurs; 0 if the word issinglesyllable.
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Of course, many speakers will contract "there're" down to asinglesyllable.
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In addition, the suffix -ity contains two syllables, whereas -ic and -tion are both asinglesyllable.
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Here the final vowel deletes and the output form is asinglesyllable.
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Durational results also show that a monosyllabic word merger is usually longer than asinglesyllable.
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Tone may be attracted leftward by stressed syllables, but the distance is typically asinglesyllable.
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In addition, his music is more ornate; although this passage uses no more than three notes on asinglesyllable, it is the most melismatic in the entire opera.
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All roots and affixes are monosyllabic in underlying form, but there is a great deal of fusion, with asinglesyllablerepresenting two or more morphemes.
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An intonation-based account of these forms, however, suggests that thesinglesyllableand iambic feet constitute a natural class because they have the same monosyllabic nuclear tone.
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What is more, eachsinglesyllableregularly has a single note or short note-group attached to it, so that there are sixty-five 'notes' (musical units) making up each versicle.
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As with /kalu/, the system restricts the reduplicant to asinglesyllable, so a form with two syllables (17b) is ruled out.
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Any evidence that the child extracts the correct boundaries of a multisyllabic word, but produces only asinglesyllable, is evidence against an extraction account of syllable omission.
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