To pronounce "well-formed", say WELLF-orm-ed — 3 syllables. Tap play below to hear it in four English accents, or practice it syllable by syllable.
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"well-formed" has 3 syllables: wellf-orm-ed.
adjective
“If the parser says it is good, then it must be well-formed and is part of the language.”
"Well-formed" has 3 syllables: wellf · orm · ed.
Well-formed: Correctly written; syntactically correct; expressed in a way that obeys rules for constructing formulas in a certain language.
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