English pronunciation · Words Starting with C
Concentration Pronunciation
Concentration is pronounced kahn-suhn-TRAY-shuhn, IPA /ˌkɑnsənˈtreɪʃən/.
kahn-suhn-TRAY-shuhn
US /ˌkɑnsənˈtreɪʃən/ · UK /ˌkɒnsənˈtreɪʃən/
Syllables: kahn · suhn · TRAY · shuhn (4 syllables, stress on syllable 3)
noun: The act of giving something your full attention, or the amount of a substance in a mixture.
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Concentration in a Sentence
- The noise outside broke my concentration.
- Chess demands hours of concentration.
- Salt concentration in the sample was unusually high.
Common Mispronunciations of Concentration
Not kuhn-SEN-tray-shuhn
Borrowing the stress from the verb concentrate pulls the beat too far forward. Adding -ation moves it to the syllable just before the ending, so TRAY becomes the loud one.
Not kon-sen-TRAY-see-uhn
Read -tion as one quick shuhn. Spelling it out as see-uhn stretches the word by a syllable.
Tip: Five syllables, loud on the fourth: kahn-suhn-TRAY-shuhn.
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