How to pronounce abate in British English
“abate” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to abate the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“abate” in real sentences — British speakers
78 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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the hard-to-abate sectors.
The Scottish Parliament
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with energy costs with unprecedented measures to abate bait council tax by uh by 150 pounds
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “abate”
Words one sound away from abate — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of abate. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.