How to pronounce def
Listen to def 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.
“def” in real sentences
548 clips in the index · 81 American · 129 British · 7 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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uh def uh explanation there.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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extra noise and we call this def phasing noise and uh it just basically def phases
The Royal Society · hear it here
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was signed to Def Jam Records.
The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here
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moth in there bro now I'm going to play def flea def flea defle is going
DotoDoya · hear it here
Why real speech
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