HOW TO PRONOUNCE
copious
/ˈkoʊpiəs/
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Start with a strong “co,” as in “coat.”
Let the ee vowel after p lead into a light us ending without adding stress to either.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“She took copious notes during the lecture.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does copious mean?
adjective
- Vast in quantity or number, profuse, abundant; taking place on a large scale.
- Having an abundant supply.
- Full of thought, information, or matter; exuberant in words, expression, or style.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈkoʊpiəs/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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In leafy regions, blessed with copious rains, we learn to measure the productive capacity of the soil by its natural vegetation.
Dinner over, we produced a bundle of pens, a copious supply of ink, and a goodly show of writing and blotting paper.
More book examples (2)
The banker’s speech was fluent, but it was also copious, and he used up an appreciable amount of time in brief meditative pauses.
Rose once more was sick, violently, and her sickness endured until the witness himself had administered copious draughts of tea prepared by himself.