Pronunciation Of The Word “Allocate”
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The Word “Allocate”
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The pronunciation of any word in English (or any language at all) is not Universal. This is because there are many different dialects of The English Language — both throughout America, and also world-wide. The pronunciations that are presented on GiveMeSomeEnglish!!! are based-upon a combination of both “common usage”, and the most neutral accent used in The International Common Tongue — a.k.a. “American English”.
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Pronunciation Of The Word “Allocate”
Allocate – For this word: the “A” is short; the “ll” combination is pronounced simply like the single letter “l” (this is the standard pronunciation of this letter combination in The Common Tongue); the “o” is long; the “c” is hard; and for the “-ate” suffix – the “a” is a True Long “A”; the “t” is (usually) stopped; and the final “e” is silent (this is one of two standard pronunciations of this suffix in The Common Tongue).
– /æ-loh-kay[t]/ – /ˈæ.lo.ke[t]/ – Notice also that the stress is on the first syllable –
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See Also: Allocated & Allocating
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