How to pronounce acts
Listen to acts in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“acts” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 549 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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These acts and threats of violence acts and threats of violence are acts and threats of
Dept of Justice · watch from 17:20 · hear it here
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made under Acts of the Scottish Parliament insertions into UK Acts by Acts of the Scottish
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 9:41 · hear it here
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acts of peaceful protest.
State Department · watch from 53:54 · hear it here
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the Coercive Acts, or as they were known here in America, the Intolerable Acts.
US National Archives · watch from 3:23 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of acts. 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.