have syllables

Frequency: 8.016.0 per million words

Common way to talk about the number of syllables in a word.

syllableVERB + syllable

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have

Examples (10)

  • The word 'beautiful' has three syllables.
  • Many English words have more than two syllables.
  • This long chemical name has so many syllables it's hard to pronounce.
  • Some languages have words with very few syllables.
  • The teacher explained that the word 'banana' has three syllables.
  • He tried to count how many syllables the new word has.
  • Most one-syllable words are very common in English.
  • The policy document has words with many syllables that might be difficult to understand.
  • How many syllables do you think this complex word has?
  • The dictionary entry shows that the word has four syllables.