HOW TO PRONOUNCE
computation
/ˌkɑmpjəˈteɪʃən/
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Make “tay” the strongest syllable.
There is a smaller beat at the beginning, but the main stress arrives later. Keep the final shun sound light and the p-y connection together.
4 syllables · Stress on syllable 3
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“The computation took several minutes.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does computation mean?
noun
- The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.
- The result of computation; the amount computed.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌkɑmpjəˈteɪʃən/
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I presented him an inventory of a little print'g-house, amounting by my computation to about one hundred pounds sterling.
But I reckon, at a very moderate computation, that two hundred thousand persons would travel to and fro every season.
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After walking several miles, according to my computation, we began to ascend a considerable elevation covered with brown heath and ling.
By the same computation, they provided me with sheets, blankets, and coverlets, tolerable enough for one who had been so long inured to hardships.
And on no day did they succeed in making more than half the distance used by the men as a basis in their dog-food computation.