How to pronounce needs
Listen to needs in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“needs” 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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That needs staff, that needs people, that needs resources.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 54:46 · hear it here
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country needs, that our state needs, and the next generation needs.
NIST · watch from 9:50 · hear it here
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It needs money, it needs support, and it needs it now.
UK Parliament · watch from 10:27 · hear it here
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Scotland needs change. It needs change now.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 36:23 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of needs. 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.