entrancedenying
The word 'entrance-denying' is divided into five syllables: en-trance-de-ny-ing. Primary stress falls on 'de'. It's morphologically complex, formed from the prefix 'en-', roots 'trance' and 'deny', and the suffix '-ing'. It functions as an adjective meaning 'refusing entry'.
Definitions
- 1
Refusing admission or access; preventing entry.
“The entrance-denying security system was highly effective.”
“An entrance-denying policy was implemented.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the third syllable ('de'), indicated by '1'. Other syllables are unstressed ('0').
Syllables
en — Open syllable, simple vowel-consonant structure.. trance — Closed syllable, consonant cluster onset.. de — Open syllable, simple vowel-consonant structure.. ny — Open syllable, diphthong nucleus.. ing — Closed syllable, nasal coda.
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Stress Assignment
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- Vowel reduction in unstressed syllables is a common phonetic phenomenon.
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