How to pronounce dear
Listen to dear 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.
“dear” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 612 American · 814 British · 68 Australian · 26 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Oh dear, dear, dear, dear.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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Dear resident. Dear resident.
UK Parliament · hear it here
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month ago and how does dear dear noland look cried marianne dear dear nolan said eleanor
Audiobooks 101 · hear it here
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about a month ago and how does dear dear Noland look cried maranne dear dear Noland
Enhanced Public Domain · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of dear. 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.