How to pronounce base in American English
“base” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to base the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “base” in: all accents · British English (1,000+ clips)
“base” 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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Langley Air Force Base Andrews Air Force Base and Moody Air Force Base and
U.S. Air Force
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Our troops are often transferred from base to base.
The Obama White House
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Support Base Manager here at Maxwell Air Force Base.
FEMA
Words that sound like “base”
Words one sound away from base — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “base”
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.