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Meanings of first syllable in English
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Usage of first syllable in English
1
The first syllable, however, sang in him with an exquisitely sweet authority.
2
The reduplication of the first syllable, if tonic, signifies active future action.
3
That is a hen, and suggests Henry by furnishing the first syllable.
4
At the first syllable, the wireless instrument leaps to answer its mate.
5
I had often even got out the first syllable; and how strange!
6
The first syllable-justto suit my fancy-shallbe bride, shall it not?
7
At the first syllable he started; the voice was so familiar to him.
8
With the first syllable he spoke, the image on Amy's monitor dropped away.
9
The first syllable has been accidentally dropped, perhaps by the copyist.
10
Twice she tried to begin and could not bring out the first syllable.
11
In the words col'o-ny and bot'a-ny, the first syllable is accented.
12
A Trochee has the first syllable accented, and the last unaccented; as, Hātefŭl,péttish
13
An Iambus has the first syllable unaccented, and the last accented; as, Bĕtrāy,consíst
14
The first syllable of Folklore hints at Swift's new direction.
15
Several Portuguese writers omit the first syllable of "Nizam" In their chronicles.
16
His name ought to have stopped with the first syllable.
This collocation consists of:
First syllable through the time
First syllable across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common