How to pronounce halves
Listen to halves 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.
“halves” in real sentences
333 clips in the index · 43 American · 33 British · 5 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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give us seven, but we can use seven halves, because seven halves of O2, seven halves
Introduction to Physical Science · hear it here
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halves of a whole, right?
60 Minutes Australia · hear it here
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two halves here that's one half and one half make two halves so if
Mr Woods Teaches · hear it here
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two halves realign the two halves and push the lever forward and it was designed uh
NASA · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of halves. 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.