How to pronounce base
Listen to base in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“base” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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base in Rosyth and the RAF base—and, more recently, the Army base—at Leuchars.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 55:54 · hear it here
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constant disruption as the families move from base to base.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 39:33 · hear it here
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Second, the industrial base.
GAO · watch from 2:56 · hear it here
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we base our recommendations.
CDC · watch from 43:36 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of base. 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.