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How to pronounce actions in American English
“actions” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to actions the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“actions” in real sentences — American speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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the State Department's actions, the intelligence community's actions, the administration's actions in response to
The Obama White House
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of actions, including actions that were not included in the letter.
State Department
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information about awards and decorations, disciplinary actions, and other personnel actions.
National Archives
Other forms of “actions”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of actions. 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.