HOW TO PRONOUNCE
commutation
/ˌkɑmjəˈteɪʃən/
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kom-yuh-TAY-shun: the main beat is TAY.
The u after m starts with a brief y glide. Keep the final “shun” lighter than the long a immediately before it.
4 syllables · Stress on syllable 3
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“The petition requested commutation of the sentence.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does commutation mean?
noun
- Specifically, the substitution of one kind of payment for another, especially a switch to monetary payment from obligations of labour.
- The change to a lesser penalty or punishment by the State
- Substitution, as a means of discriminating between phonemes.
More meanings (5)
noun
- The reversal of an electric current.
- The process or habit of journeying to and from work on a regular basis; commuting.
- (archaic) Substitution of one thing for another; interchange.
- (obsolete) A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation.
- (obsolete) The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌkɑmjəˈteɪʃən/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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Trina had lied again both as to the want of oil for the stove and the commutation ticket for the restaurant.
The commutation of his death sentence had been due to some doubts as to his complete sanity, so atrocious was his conduct.
More book examples (3)
This law, which should allow no commutation of the punishment, under any circumstances, would lend strength and authority to the court of honour.
But, impatient for gold, he wrote Böttgher from Warsaw, urging him to communicate the secret, so that he himself might practise the art of commutation.
It is said that M. Lamennais has rejected the offers of several of his friends to try to procure for him a commutation of his sentence.