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Acquaintance Pronunciation
Acquaintance is pronounced uh-KWAYN-tuhns, IPA /əˈkweɪntəns/.
uh-KWAYN-tuhns
US /əˈkweɪntəns/ · UK /əˈkweɪntəns/
Syllables: uh · KWAYN · tuhns (3 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
noun: Someone you know slightly, or the state of knowing someone.
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Acquaintance in a Sentence
- He is an acquaintance rather than a friend.
- Our acquaintance goes back to a conference in Leeds.
- She renewed an old acquaintance at the reunion.
Common Mispronunciations of Acquaintance
Not ak-KWAYN-tuhns
The cq is a single k followed by the w of the u. Doubling the k adds a stumble at the front of the word.
Not uh-kwayn-TANS
The loud beat is the middle kwayn, and the ending drops to a weak tuhns. Nouns in -ance almost never take stress there.
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