How to pronounce mean
Listen to mean in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“mean” 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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I mean I mean I mean I get the perspective.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 97:46 · hear it here
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mean which is I mean I mean you know the I mean that would seem to
UK Parliament · watch from 63:08 · hear it here
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I mean, I don't mean it facetiously.
Dept of Justice · watch from 75:57 · hear it here
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So I mean I mean components fail, right?
NTSB · watch from 93:17 · hear it here
Why real speech
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