How to pronounce averse in British English
“averse” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to averse the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “averse” in: all accents · American English (75 clips)
“averse” in real sentences — British speakers
244 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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It is understandably risk averse.
The Scottish Parliament
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us would be averse to that.
UK Parliament
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us—that the police are risk averse.
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “averse”
Words one sound away from averse — 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 averse. 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.