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Abandonment Pronunciation
Abandonment is pronounced uh-BAN-duhn-muhnt, IPA /əˈbændənmənt/.
uh-BAN-duhn-muhnt
US /əˈbændənmənt/ · UK /əˈbændənmənt/
Syllables: uh · BAN · duhn · muhnt (4 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
noun: The act of leaving someone or something behind for good.
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Abandonment in a Sentence
- The court heard evidence of abandonment.
- Years of abandonment had left the mill roofless.
- She writes about the abandonment of the old town centre.
Common Mispronunciations of Abandonment
Not a-ban-DUHN-muhnt
Land hard on BAN, the second of four syllables. Adding -ment never shifts the beat off the word it attaches to.
Not ay-BAN-duhn-mehnt
Both the opening and the closing vowels reduce to uh, so the word begins and ends quietly.
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