How to pronounce captains
Listen to captains 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.
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“captains” in real sentences
304 clips in the index · 144 American · 14 British · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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thousands and captains over hundreds and captains over 50s and captains over 10 and officers
GMS Yoruba · hear it here
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Ship captains also mobilized.
National Archives · hear it here
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captains and those junior officers.
The Atlantic · hear it here
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the Embraer captains at 90% of whatever the A320 captains are at, and then 60% in
Smithsonian Air & Space · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of captains. 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.