How to pronounce the word 'execute'?
Somebody says it pronounces [ikskjut]. But when I look up the dictionary, it says it pronounces [eksikjut]. So I don't know the true pronounciation..Please help..

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How to pronounce the word 'execute'?
Somebody says it pronounces [ikskjut]. But when I look up the dictionary, it says it pronounces [eksikjut]. So I don't know the true pronounciation..Please help..

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The "ex-" prefix is always pronounced "eks", and "execute" has 3 syllables.  Pretty simple! :)

But some accents (Aust & NZ?) may pronounce it as "iks-kjut", that's just a habit of speech.

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me thinks [eksikjut] is the correct one.

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[ek-si-kyoot]

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