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Epoch Pronunciation
Epoch is pronounced E-puhk, IPA /ˈɛpək/.
E-puhk
US /ˈɛpək/ · UK /ˈɛpɒk/
Syllables: E · puhk (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: A long period of history marked by particular events or conditions.
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Epoch in a Sentence
- The Holocene epoch began about twelve thousand years ago.
- His retirement closed an epoch at the paper.
- Computers count time from an epoch set in 1970.
Common Mispronunciations of Epoch
Not i-POK
Front stress, and the second beat is a weak puhk with no full o left in it.
Not E-poch
The ch gives a k here, as it does in stomach and monarch.
Tip: British dictionaries also print EE-pok, with a long opening vowel, and both readings are heard.
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