How to pronounce figures
Listen to figures in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“figures” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 438 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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Our figures are significantly higher than the census figures.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 21:53 · hear it here
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Uh, the figures are the the difference in the figures uh, between the figures produced by
UK Parliament · watch from 20:23 · hear it here
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These are shocking figures.
Dept of Justice · watch from 1:53 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of figures. 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.