perpetuation

Questions about perpetuation

What does perpetuation mean?

perpetuation means "the act of prolonging something".

How many syllables are in perpetuation?

perpetuation has 5 syllables: per-pet-u-a-tion. The stress falls on "a". In IPA it is /pɚˌpɛtʃəˈweɪʃən/.

What is another word for perpetuation?

Close synonyms include prolongation, protraction, lengthening. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is perpetuation a common word?

perpetuation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. 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 perpetuation?

1 word rhymes with perpetuation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.