How to Pronounce “suspect”
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Stress changes the meaning. “suspect” is one of the English noun/verb pairs distinguished only by stress. SUS-pect, with the stress on the first syllable, is the noun — a person under suspicion. sus-PECT, with the stress on the second, is the verb — to believe something without proof.
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