How to pronounce competent
Listen to competent 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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“competent” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 312 American · 1000 British · 14 Australian · 8 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Being a competent swimmer and being competent in and understanding
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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Is it a replication competent vector or a non-competent vector?
NIH · hear it here
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No human, however competent,
The Atlantic · hear it here
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could be equally competent.
Oxford Union · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of competent. 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.