commissionerships
The word 'commissionerships' is a complex noun with five syllables divided as com-mis-sion-er-ships. Primary stress falls on the third syllable (/sion/). It's formed from Latin and English morphemes, and its syllabification follows standard English rules, with vowel reduction in unstressed positions.
Definitions
- 1
The office, position, or function of a commissioner; the collective body of commissioners.
“The various commissionerships within the agency oversee different aspects of the investigation.”
“He held several important commissionerships during his career.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the third syllable ('sion'). The first, second, fourth and fifth syllables are unstressed.
Syllables
com — Open, unstressed syllable.. mis — Open, unstressed syllable.. sion — Closed, stressed syllable.. er — Open, unstressed syllable.. ships — Closed, unstressed syllable.
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Vowel-Consonant (VC) Division
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Consonant-Vowel (CV) Division
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Stress Placement
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Morpheme Boundaries
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- Vowel reduction in unstressed syllables.
- Potential regional variations in pronunciation.
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