How to pronounce near
Listen to near in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“near” 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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in near real time. Now that part of it, that near
USGS · watch from 3:59 · hear it here
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near term customer demand.
Federal Reserve · watch from 14:33 · hear it here
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near another human being.
NIH · watch from 3:03 · hear it here
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ground nigh near impossible.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 31:11 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of near. 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.