"vowel reduction" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: vowel reductions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} vowel reduction (countable and uncountable, plural vowel reductions)
  1. (phonetics) Any of various changes in the acoustic quality of vowels, related to changes in stress, sonority, duration, loudness, articulation, or position in the word, and which are perceived as "weakening". Wikipedia link: vowel reduction Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Phonetics
    Sense id: en-vowel_reduction-en-noun-zNq4xaqu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences

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