How to pronounce compounds

Listen to compounds 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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“compounds” in real sentences

1000+ clips in the index · 549 American · 103 British · 27 Australian · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. Racism compounds misogyny.

    The Scottish Parliament · hear it here

  2. less saturated compounds?

    The Royal Institution · hear it here

  3. Volatile organic compounds.

    CDC · hear it here

  4. release pro-inflammatory compounds

    The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here

Why real speech

A dictionary gives you one careful reading of compounds. 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.

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