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Can you get words of primary stress secondary and tertiary stress?

You're asking for words with primary, secondary, and tertiary stress. While it's not common to explicitly mark tertiary stress in dictionaries, let's look at some examples where the stress pattern is clear:

Primary stress (strongest stress):

- in·tel·li·gence

- con·tri·bu·tion

- re·pre·sen·ta·tive

Secondary stress (medium stress):

- in·tel·li·gence (secondary stress on "tel")

- con·tri·bu·tion (secondary stress on "tri")

- re·pre·sen·ta·tive (secondary stress on "sen")

Tertiary stress (weakest stress):

- in·tel·li·gence (tertiary stress on "gence")

- con·tri·bu·tion (tertiary stress on "tion")

- re·pre·sen·ta·tive (tertiary stress on "tive")

Important points:

* Not all words have tertiary stress. Many words only have primary and secondary stress.

* Tertiary stress is often subtle. It might be difficult to hear or feel, especially in rapid speech.

* The position of tertiary stress can vary. It might fall on the last syllable, the penultimate syllable, or even earlier depending on the word's structure.

Examples of words with a clear tertiary stress pattern:

* re·com·men·da·tion

* in·ter·pre·ta·tion

* de·ter·mi·na·tion

Finding words with tertiary stress:

While dictionaries don't typically mark tertiary stress explicitly, you can often deduce its presence by analyzing the word's structure and comparing it to similar words. For example, if a word ends in "-tion" or "-ation," it's likely to have tertiary stress on the "tion" or "ation" syllable.

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