How to pronounce damages in British English
“damages” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to damages the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “damages” in: all accents · American English (744 clips)
“damages” in real sentences — British speakers
336 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
-
it damages growth, it damages the economy and it will cost jobs.
The Scottish Parliament
-
It therefore damages democracy, if women are excluded.
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “damages”
Words one sound away from damages — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “damages”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of damages. 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.