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/ˌv ĕ r ē ˈā sh ə n/

var-ï-ā-tion

sound_3_i

I makes /ē/ (its third sound, as in "radio").

SCHWA_RULE

Any vowel in an unstressed syllable may reduce to schwa (/ə/).

Y_SAYS_LONG_E

Y makes /ē/ only at the end of multi-syllable words. I makes /ē/ before vowels or in loanwords.

Base Form

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