perpetuate

Questions about perpetuate

What does perpetuate mean?

perpetuate means "cause to continue or prevail".

How many syllables are in perpetuate?

perpetuate has 4 syllables: per-pet-u-ate. The stress falls on "pet". In IPA it is /pɚˈpɛtʃəˌweɪt/.

Is perpetuate a common word?

perpetuate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with perpetuate?

14 words rhyme with perpetuate. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.