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Press record, say "mean" once or twice at normal speed, then stop. You will see which syllables matched and what to change.
Mean syllables
Mean has 1 syllable: MEEN.
- MEENmin
One syllable: MEEN.
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Mean in a sentence
- What do you mean by "soon"?
- The mean score was higher than last year.
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What Speakeroo listens for
These are the pronunciation patterns from Speakeroo’s speech feature catalog that this target tends to expose. The check above reports the ones it hears.
- Final consonant omittedHold the final mouth position briefly without adding another vowel.
Questions
How do you pronounce mean?
Mean is pronounced /ˈmin/, or MEEN in plain letters. It has one syllable.
How many syllables are in mean?
One. Mean is a single syllable: MEEN.
How do you use mean in a sentence?
What do you mean by "soon"? The mean score was higher than last year.
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