HOW TO PRONOUNCE
acquiescence
/ˌækwiˈɛsəns/
Press play to hear how to pronounce acquiescence.
American Pronunciation Guide · 0:47
Watch on YouTube ↗
Watch on YouTube ↗
LISTEN FOR THIS
ak-wee-ESS-uns: keep ESS as the strongest beat.
The ending adds a light uns after the stressed syllable. Finish with s, preserving the n just before it.
4 syllables · Stress on syllable 3
TRY SAYING
“The minutes recorded the committee's reluctant acquiescence.”
APG practice sentence · CC BY-SA 4.0
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does acquiescence mean?
noun
- A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent consent, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
- Inaction, passivity, or neglect to take legal action when it is called for in order to assert, preserve, or safeguard a right, and which inaction implies the abandonment of said right.
Definitions regrouped for readability · CC BY-SA 4.0
IPA pronunciation
/ˌækwiˈɛsəns/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
In the pages of books
See this word in context.
Who shall settle the terms of peace, and in case of disputes what umpire shall decide between them and compel acquiescence?
The right to make purchases was thereafter, by general acquiescence of all political parties, within the powers of the Federal Government.
More book examples (3)
He shrugged his shoulders in ungracious acquiescence, while our visitor in hurried words and with much excitable gesticulation poured forth his story.
I said I could manage it,—would manage it,—and he was so very much pleased by my acquiescence, that I was pleased too.
I do not wonder that the tropical people, where Nature never goes to sleep, give it up, and sit in lazy acquiescence.