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antepenultimate

The correct spelling is antepenultimate.

How to pronounce antepenultimate

noun

Say it like: Ant-epe-nul-tim-ate

The correct spelling is antepenultimate. Two before the last in a series. e.g. (..., antepenultimate, penultimate, ultimate) For example: "The words animal, citizen, comedy, dangerous, obvious, and antepenultimate are stressed on the antepenultimate."

Usage Examples

The words animal, citizen, comedy, dangerous, obvious, and antepenultimate are stressed on the antepenultimate.

This book has ten chapters — chapter 8 is the antepenultimate one.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Two before the last in a series. e.g. (..., antepenultimate, penultimate, ultimate)
  2. 2.The syllable that comes two before the last in a word.

adjective

  1. 1.Two before the last, i.e., the one immediately before the penultimate, in a series.

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