How to pronounce defer
Listen to defer 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.
“defer” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 772 American · 620 British · 16 Australian · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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defer starting primary school.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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might be looking to defer.
RNZ · hear it here
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defer to my civilian leadership.
PBS NewsHour · hear it here
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kindly defer to the sponsor.
CDC · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of defer. 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.