How to pronounce centenary
Listen to centenary 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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“centenary” in real sentences
256 clips in the index · 28 American · 151 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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could do to welcome the centenary and give this fantastic organisation a big centenary boost.
UK Parliament · hear it here
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Congratulations on your 100 centenary anniversary.
GAO · hear it here
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John Maclean, whose centenary we celebrate this year.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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be a key figure in the centenary events in 2014.
Intelligence Squared · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of centenary. 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.