How to pronounce eastern in American English
“eastern” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to eastern the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“eastern” in real sentences — American speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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in the Eastern Mediterranean.
State Department
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separatists in eastern Ukraine.
The Obama White House
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Mississippi and eastern Louisiana.
US Fish & Wildlife Service
Words that sound like “eastern”
Words one sound away from eastern — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of eastern. 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.