How to pronounce ports
Listen to ports in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“ports” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 336 American · 750 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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A number of the ports are Edinburgh ports.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 26:36 · hear it here
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Um, and just really quickly, how many ports does Ports America represent?
NTSB · watch from 44:56 · hear it here
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ships to leave Ukrainian ports, to enter Ukrainian ports – to see that resume.
State Department · watch from 9:17 · hear it here
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keep roads and ports open.
UK Parliament · watch from 25:47 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of ports. 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.