How to pronounce likes
Listen to likes in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“likes” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 224 American · 943 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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Get He likes a red. He likes a red."
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 37:50 · hear it here
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You know what it likes to eat, what it likes to drink.
FAA · watch from 11:19 · hear it here
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the likes of Bernard Ponsonby.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 43:25 · hear it here
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Glad he likes the cafeteria.
GAO · watch from 26:45 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of likes. 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.