How to pronounce gates in British English
“gates” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to gates the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “gates” in: all accents · American English (870 clips)
“gates” in real sentences — British speakers
341 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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gates are operational there.
The Scottish Parliament
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begun picketing at the gates.
UK Parliament
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Cameras are put in rivers at gates so that the gates open only for Atlantic salmon
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “gates”
Words one sound away from gates — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “gates”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of gates. 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.