What are other 2-syllable words like Excise?

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How Many Syllables in Excise?

How many syllables in Excise?

Excise has 2 syllables: ex-cise.

ex-cise

Syllable breakdown:

ex cise

2 syllables • Primary stress on 2nd syllable

Breaking Down Excise into Syllables?

ex-cise

The word Excise has 2 syllables: ex-cise.
Syllable division helps in understanding the word's structure, improving both pronunciation and spelling.
This technique is especially useful for students and language learners who are mastering English phonetics.

Definition of Excise

to remove by cutting out

Frequently Asked Questions about 'Excise' Syllables

How many syllables are in 'Excise'?

The word 'Excise' contains 2 syllables. It is divided as ex-cise.

How do you divide 'Excise' into syllables?

The word 'Excise' can be broken down into 2 syllables:ex, cise. The division follows the natural sound breaks in the word.

What is the correct pronunciation of 'Excise'?

'Excise' is pronounced as ex-cise, with primary stress on the 2nd syllable.

Why is syllable division important for pronunciation?

Understanding syllables helps in breaking down words for better pronunciation and reading fluency. Dividing words into syllables makes it easier to pronounce them correctly and understand their structure.

How should Excise divide into syllables

The first syllable 'ex' has the vowel 'e' and the consonant 'x'. The second syllable 'cise' has the vowels 'i' and 'e' and the consonants 'c' and 's'.

Part of Speech - Excise

Verb

The surgeon had to excise a tumor from the patient's brain.

Sentences with Excise

The dentist had to excise the patient's tooth.
The chef had to excise the burnt part of the food.
The editor had to excise a paragraph from the article.
The government had to excise a section from the law.
The artist had to excise a portion of the painting.

Quotes with Excise

Money is not a fund of value, it's a current medium of exchange. You can't use it to store value, except to the extent that other people think it will be exchangeable in the future. So any interest rate that's lower than the inflation rate is a tax, an excise tax on holding money.
The excise is a hateful tax, levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.
An excise is frequently an invisible tax, because the merchant who advances it is not always the person who finally pays it.
The excise is not only a very oppressive tax, but a very unequal one.
Excise is a more sacred thing to the populace than religion.
The excise is the more tolerable, because it bears most heavily on the rich.

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