HOW TO PRONOUNCE
acquiesce
/ˌækwiˈɛs/
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ak-wee-ESS: save the main stress for the end.
The qu supplies a w sound after k. The final sce has an s sound, and the written e does not add another syllable.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 3
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“She would not acquiesce without an explanation.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does acquiesce mean?
verb
- To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object.
- To concur upon conviction; to accept tacitly; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌækwiˈɛs/
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See this word in context.
He added, that, if they did not choose to acquiesce in his charge, he was ready to refund the money.
Thus, although the man be assumed to acquiesce in what is false, we shall never say that he is certain.
More book examples (3)
When Swift invites us to consider the race of Struldbugs who never die, we are able to acquiesce in imagination.
By this hour the volcanic fires of his nature had burnt down, and having drunk no great quantity as yet he was inclined to acquiesce.
In the general proposition that no more money shall be collected than the necessities of an economical administration shall require all parties seem to acquiesce.