How to pronounce early
Listen to early in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“early” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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of, well, early, early 1940, '44.
Smithsonian Air & Space · watch from 37:36 · hear it here
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An early warning leads to early action.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 164:02 · hear it here
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This is an early analysis, an early sequential analysis.
CDC · watch from 74:52 · hear it here
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early months or the early years of this generation.
FTC · watch from 22:35 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of early. 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.