How to pronounce beat
Listen to beat 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.
“beat” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 783 American · 628 British · 27 Australian · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Dead beat, right? Dead beat.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
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different from beat beat beat beat you know the page 30 event and the closing of
Penguin Books UK · hear it here
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Oh, no. Good beat, bad beat.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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Well, the machine beat beat him.
The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of beat. 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.