HOW TO PRONOUNCE
compliance
/kəmˈplaɪəns/
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Stress “ply,” using the vowel in “my.”
Use three vowel beats, with a light first syllable. Follow the stressed long i with a separate unstressed uh, then close with n and s together.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The report includes a compliance section.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does compliance mean?
noun
- An act of complying.
- The state of being compliant.
- The tendency of conforming with or agreeing to the wishes of others.
More meanings (3)
noun
- A measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure; its flexibility.
- The accuracy with which a patient follows an agreed treatment plan.
- The department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with.
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IPA pronunciation
/kəmˈplaɪəns/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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The causes which have been specified produced at first only unequal and disproportionate degrees of compliance with the requisitions of the Union.
Why, to see whether the portrait of their ancestor still keeps its place upon the wall, in compliance with his testamentary directions!
More book examples (3)
He knocked his glass against theirs in compliance with a custom strange to him, but which they seemed to understand very well.
What follows was written many years after in compliance with the advice contain'd in these letters, and accordingly intended for the public.
However much astonished I might be, I was sensible that I had no right to refuse compliance with such a peremptory command.