How to pronounce defeats
Listen to defeats 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.
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“defeats” in real sentences
303 clips in the index · 30 American · 63 British · 11 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Stone defeats wood, copper defeats stone.
GeoscienceAustralia · hear it here
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have you know defeats followed by victories defeats we have far too many defeats that we
How To Academy · hear it here
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Four general election defeats.
UK Parliament · hear it here
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That defeats the purpose.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of defeats. 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.