How to pronounce ages
Listen to ages in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“ages” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 753 American · 802 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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different developmental ages.
NIH · watch from 8:08 · hear it here
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from ages zero to two, and from ages two to five.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 40:48 · hear it here
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shades are the younger ages, getting lighter with the older ages.
CDC · watch from 37:53 · hear it here
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1950 younger ages are at the bottom older ages at the top the population
Census Bureau · watch from 11:16 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of ages. 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.