How to pronounce lateness
Listen to lateness 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.
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“lateness” in real sentences
102 clips in the index · 5 American · 78 British · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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I apologize for my lateness.
NIST · hear it here
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Um Apologies for my lateness.
Intelligence Squared · hear it here
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lateness of the UK budget.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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the afternoon because of my lateness.
The Moth · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of lateness. 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.