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# How to pronounce "mutator" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/ˈmjuteɪtɚ/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **mu·ta·tor**
- **Stress**: **MU** — say this syllable louder and longer

## Meaning & Usage

### NOUN
- That which causes mutation or change.
  - *Example*: "In object-oriented programming, the mutator function changes the value of the field that gives its name."
- A setting which alters specific gameplay mechanics, such as rules, physics, or abilities.
  - *Example*: "Rocket League will gain match-modifying mutators […] The football-meets-cars mashup will let you toggle on gameplay-changing settings such as low gravity, time warping and explosions."

### Example Sentences
- "In object-oriented programming, the mutator function changes the value of the field that gives its name."
- "Rocket League will gain match-modifying mutators […] The football-meets-cars mashup will let you toggle on gameplay-changing settings such as low gravity, time warping and explosions."
- "indirection out from the mutator and that meant that your program ran faster"

### Common Phrases
- mutator strains
- mutator method

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (8 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "mutator" in real conversation:

### Example 1
*Accent: US*
> "eliminating work and uh the other principle is it optimizes what's important cuz this uh at the time made it possible to uh take a level of indirection out from the mutator and that meant that your program ran faster as well as the pauses for garbage collection were uh shorter so here's the real"
- **Watch at 8:26**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ka4KY7TMTU&t=506s)

### Example 2
*Accent: US*
> "Viruses are master mutators and humans are master travelers, both of which could help Zika spread. Some experts think Zika came to Brazil around the time of the"
- **Watch at 2:46**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYLqYzFAAl4&t=166s)

### Example 3
*Accent: US*
> "Viruses are master mutators and humans are master travelers, both of which could help Zika spread."
- **Watch at 3:39**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUlGN5XJ5dc&t=219s)

### Example 4
*Accent: US*
> "mutation canonically when you think of mutator strains you think of 10 to 100 to a th fold increase so we're talking four to fivefold does that matter to"
- **Watch at 9:33**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KejGSgiiX_A&t=573s)

### Example 5
*Accent: US*
> "table and there are concurrent mutators busy stomping stuff into the old table right if if people are writing into the new table it's all good I got"
- **Watch at 23:00**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYXgtXWejRM&t=1380s)

### Example 6
*Accent: AUS*
> "add a user so we'll say public void because this is a mutator method it doesn't have to return anything add"
- **Watch at 47:54**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IpCihi15z0&t=2874s)

### Example 7
*Accent: US*
> "all of the family of something what what I call modifiers or mutators that change the receiver string you can send these messages to a string to cause new text"
- **Watch at 19:13**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhe0IVJOy4g&t=1153s)

### Example 8
*Accent: US*
> "So, it’s possible that a rapidly changing environment in Hanseniaspora’s past gave the fastest mutators an evolutionary advantage."
- **Watch at 6:02**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYAjGorhNg0&t=362s)


## How to Pronounce "mutator"

- **Syllables**: mu · ta · tor
- **Stress**: MU — say this syllable louder and longer
- **IPA**: `/ˈmjuteɪtɚ/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed /MU/ in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Words

### Related Terms
[dismutator](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/dismutator), [nonmutator](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/nonmutator), [antimutator](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/antimutator)


## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “mutator”?
“mutator” is pronounced /ˈmjuteɪtɚ/ (mu · ta · tor). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “mutator”?
“mutator” has 3 syllables: mu · ta · tor.

### Where is the stress in “mutator”?
The primary stress in “mutator” is on “MU”. Listen for that stressed syllable in the clips above.

### What does “mutator” mean?
That which causes mutation or change.

### How can I hear “mutator” used in real sentences?
This page has 8 real-world video examples of “mutator” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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