How to pronounce descending in British English
“descending” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to descending the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“descending” in real sentences — British speakers
29 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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and is descending into vicious acrimony.
UK Parliament
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by saying in 2023 the best performing countries were in descending order China Singapore Estonia Japan
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “descending”
Words one sound away from descending — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “descending”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of descending. 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.