How to pronounce basics
Listen to basics in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“basics” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 779 American · 506 British · 35 Australian · 5 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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uh, basics, although basics are obviously necessary.
Channel 4 News · hear it here
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the basics the basics the basics are you test you identify you isolate you contact trace
Intelligence Squared · hear it here
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basics, but it is the very basics at that age.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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positive psychology basics.
Big Think · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of basics. 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.