How to pronounce descent
Listen to descent 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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“descent” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 676 American · 64 British · 17 Australian · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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in the descent assigns the descent.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
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sick, affected those of European descent and African descent differently.
CrashCourse · hear it here
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people of Hispanic descent.
TED · hear it here
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person of African descent.
Big Think · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of descent. 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.