How to pronounce defeat
Listen to defeat 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.
“defeat” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 445 American · 483 British · 8 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Like, little tiny defeat, Joe Biden defeat, no.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
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While for Labour, it has been defeat after defeat.
Channel 4 News · hear it here
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event of a defeat isn't a wound of Russia of Ukraine or defeat of R defeat
Intelligence Squared · hear it here
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defeat nature and defeat biology and defeat humanity and I don't think they'll succeed so stay
Dr. Katherine Horton - Stop 007 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of defeat. 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.