How to pronounce need
Listen to need in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“need” 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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need you we need we need to build we need to build this and we need
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 52:38 · hear it here
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They need water, they need CO2, and they need sunlight.
Smithsonian Air & Space · watch from 7:14 · hear it here
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the what we need we need pairs but we need pairs to be paid we need
NIH · watch from 150:56 · hear it here
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These businesses need capital, they need counseling and they need contracts but they need different kinds.
Federal Reserve · watch from 20:15 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of need. 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.