How to pronounce contraction
Listen to contraction 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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“contraction” in real sentences
544 clips in the index · 149 American · 65 British · 17 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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expansionary fiscal contraction.
UK Parliament · hear it here
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That's muscle contraction.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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and quick muscle contraction.
The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here
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a third month of contraction.
Federal Reserve · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of contraction. 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.