IPA Transcription of "complementary distribution" in British English

The British English IPA transcription of “complementary distribution” is /kɒmplɪmɛntɹiː ˌdɪstɹɪˈbjuːʃn/.

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  • complementary distributionlinguistic phenomenon where some phonemes of a language are found in some cases and others are found in similar but different cases; often indicating sound change and divergent mutual descents

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