--- title: "How to pronounce \"secess\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"secess\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/6Uoh1Obh4Oc/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/secess" --- # How to pronounce "secess" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/sɛsɛss/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **se·cess** ## Meaning & Usage ### NOUN - retirement; retreat; secession - *Example*: "Silent Secesse, wast Solitude Deep searching thoughts often renew'd." ### Example Sentences - "Silent Secesse, wast Solitude Deep searching thoughts often renew'd." - "secession by the white europeanized elite which has always run the country and has most of the resources and there's plenty of sources of conflict" - "- Secession. - In Stalinist fashion, I have taken them out of the photograph." ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "secess" in real conversation: ### Example 1 > "a candidate from their own ranks uh it's leading to a possible threat of secession by the white europeanized elite which has always run the country and has most of the resources and there's plenty of sources of conflict there but uh important development heway in many ways the most exciting area of the world I think there's uh the bank of the South uh which is broadly supported" - **Watch at 3:31**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uoh1Obh4Oc&t=211s) ### Example 2 > "- They're no longer in my family, yeah. - Secession. - In Stalinist fashion, I have taken them out of the photograph. - They do not." - **Watch at 163:43**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvX-heRWFfA&t=9823s) ### Example 3 > "the current establishment that is being the Nazis being the Confederates right so they beat the ethnic nationalists abroad and they beat the quote secessionists at home right and uh the ethnic nationalists were you know Arian Nazis and the secessionists were you know slave slave owners and against freedom and so on so forth okay I'm not disputing that I'm just saying that that's just like their the way people think about it there's a possibility and" - **Watch at 337:42**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeH7qKZr0WI&t=20262s) ### Example 4 > "like peop it's clouding our ability to concentrate on what's awesome about this world well you know what would eliminate the division right secession yeah see i don't i don't it's hard for me to disagree it's hard for me to disagree because but at the same time secession um" - **Watch at 162:37**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uykM3NhJbso&t=9757s) ### Example 5 > "president of this country simply because of the problems the plethora of problems here in Nigeria insecurity is Right kidnappings for ransoms there's a secessionist movement in the southeast of the country in the Northwest there's banditry then there's a huge cash crunch simply because a few weeks ago the" - **Watch at 1:51**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayGaH4F-80I&t=111s) ### Example 6 > "shaping policy on lots of issues, but it won't become a superstate. As to America, I don't expect the American state to fragment in the way that by secession. I mean, I know some Americans talk about that and Texans and Californians and others. I don't actually expect that. I would more expect a kind of um semi-stable semianarchy uh in which there are lots" - **Watch at 39:36**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Oc_wMDA1MQ&t=2376s) ### Example 7 > "Putin the situation as it exists today uh from the point of view of the secessionists it is controlled by yanukovich and his family it's them who dictate the conditions it's not even Putin himself I I'll give you an even further example recently Putin declared that he" - **Watch at 0:21**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThEIiGyO1SQ&t=21s) ### Example 8 > "although that is on the back of much longer process. Victor Orban has for the better part of the last decade been a very explicit backer of the Bosnian Serb secessionist regime in Banja Luka, in particular the long-time strongman Milorad Dodik. >> Milorad Dodik is a top political figure in Republika Srpska, a Serb-dominant entity. Especially during his years in leadership, Dodik called for full independence and promoted laws that" - **Watch at 6:02**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mm-SFrHyeM&t=362s) ### Example 9 > "what he called BAFIA radio from London uh inciting what he called for a secessionist breakaway state of Bafra from Nigeria. Now this is not the first time because uh when it comes to the Bafria topic uh Nigeria civil war back in 97 is a a hugely debated talking about the Bafra secession movement. So Hinano represents uh that struggle for uh the uh indigenous people of Briafra" - **Watch at 1:10**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ufQ2xSWXvU&t=70s) ### Example 10 > "far from each other. Uh Iran did not accept any deal which included um the secession of enrichment on Iranian soil and that was precisely what the American side wanted although in a gradual way. So, um I think this is um this is the the the run-up to the conflict. I mean, Israel has clearly prepared for this for" - **Watch at 12:01**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMBGGPMCjbU&t=721s) ## How to Pronounce "secess" - **Syllables**: se · cess - **IPA**: `/sɛsɛss/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Words ### Word Forms [secessive](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/secessive), [secessional](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/secessional) ## Related Pronunciations [secesh](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/secesh), [sealess](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/sealess), [secede](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/secede), [secedes](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/secedes), [seceed](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/seceed), [secern](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/secern), [secerns](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/secerns), [secks](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/secks) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “secess”? “secess” is pronounced /sɛsɛss/ (se · cess). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “secess”? “secess” has 2 syllables: se · cess. ### What does “secess” mean? retirement; retreat; secession ### How can I hear “secess” used in real sentences? This page has 15 real-world video examples of “secess” with synchronized subtitles. 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