How to pronounce highs in British English
“highs” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to highs the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “highs” in: all accents · American English (391 clips)
“highs” in real sentences — British speakers
121 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Those are all-time highs.
The Scottish Parliament
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in literacy and numeracy are at record highs.
The Scottish Parliament
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the last couple of years as temperatures have hit record highs.
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “highs”
Words one sound away from highs — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “highs”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of highs. 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.