a pronunciation some words have when they are stressed, as opposed to when they are not stressed. For example, the word ‘at’ is pronounced with the strong form in the sentence ‘What are you looking at?’
Synonyms and related words
Terms in phonetics
affricate
alveolar
articulator
strong form
noun countable linguistics
US /ˈstrɔŋ ˌfɔrm/
Word Forms
singular
strong form
plural
strong forms
DEFINITIONS1
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a pronunciation some words have when they are stressed, as opposed to when they are not stressed. For example, the word “at” is pronounced with the strong form in the sentence “What are you looking at?”