HOW TO PRONOUNCE
volatility
/ˌvɑləˈtɪləti/
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Shift the main stress to “til,” the third syllable.
Keep the third short i strongest; the final two vowels stay lighter than that central beat.
5 syllables · Stress on syllable 3
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“The chart tracks changes in volatility.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does volatility mean?
noun
- The state of being volatile.
- The state of having a low boiling point and evaporating readily.
- The state of not retaining data in the absence of power.
More meanings (3)
noun
- The state of being able to fly.
- The state of being unpredictable.
- A quantification of the degree of uncertainty about the future price of a commodity, share, or other financial product.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌvɑləˈtɪləti/
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It articulates everywhere the spiritual, so to speak--makes it healthy and robust, and protects it against volatility and from running into mysticism.
Our importance, our respectability in the world, must be affected by the wild volatility, the assurance and disdain of all restraint which mark Lydia’s character.
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Aunt Bulstrode was again stirred to anxiety; but this time she addressed herself to her brother, going to the warehouse expressly to avoid Mrs. Vincy’s volatility.
With Darnford she did not taste uninterrupted felicity; there was a volatility in his manner which often distressed her; but love gladdened the scene; besides, he was the most tender, sympathizing creature in the world.