How to pronounce late
Listen to late in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“late” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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we followed till early early late late late late night around 2 to 3am.
National Archives · watch from 25:48 · hear it here
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some very late sittings of late.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 34:18 · hear it here
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already too late. It’s already too late.
State Department · watch from 35:40 · hear it here
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Late 80s. Late 80s, it was very hard to
NIH · watch from 4:28 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of late. 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.