HOW TO PRONOUNCE
petition
/pəˈtɪʃən/
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American Pronunciation Guide · 1:03
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Stress “ti” and finish with “shun.”
Use three syllables, beginning with a light puh. Keep the middle short i vowel strongest; the final tion contributes one light syllable starting with sh.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The group submitted a petition.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does petition mean?
noun
- A formal written request made by an individual or a group of people to a sovereign or political authority, often containing many signatures, soliciting some grace, right, mercy, or the redress of some wrong or grievance.
- A formal written application made to a magistrate or court for an order or a suit for divorce.
- A prayer or supplication, especially of which is formal or humble and made to a deity, a sovereign, or an authority.
More meanings (1)
verb
- To make a petition to (a sovereign or political authority).
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IPA pronunciation
/pəˈtɪʃən/
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Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land.
There’s not a soldier of us all that, in the thanksgiving before meat, do relish the petition well that prays for peace.
More book examples (3)
He had returned, during their absence, from a journey to the county town, about a petition for the pardon of some criminal.
The petition for the electoral reform has already received two hundred thousand signatures, and the illustrious Arago threatens us with a million.
Overbury was aware that, honestly presented, the petition by Lady Essex for the annulment of her marriage had little chance of success.