How to pronounce contraction in American English
“contraction” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to contraction the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “contraction” in: all accents · British English (67 clips)
“contraction” in real sentences — American speakers
218 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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a third month of contraction.
Federal Reserve
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agricultural expansion or contraction on population expansion or contraction will cities grow or will the population
USGS
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contraction, but that is simply not true.
State Department
Words that sound like “contraction”
Words one sound away from contraction — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “contraction”
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.