How to pronounce less
Listen to less in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“less” 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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and less women, less and less minorities.
Dept of Labor · watch from 33:59 · hear it here
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less by having less forces that do less.
UK Parliament · watch from 5:03 · hear it here
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Less invasive, less expensive.
FAA · watch from 27:34 · hear it here
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having less less selfworth.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 146:17 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of less. 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.