How to pronounce precedents
Listen to precedents in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“precedents” in real sentences
208 clips in the index · 46 American · 84 British · 1 Australian · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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We find historical precedents.
ABC News In-depth · hear it here
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precedents and where you go.
British Library · hear it here
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preferring brief statements of the general results of precedents to a lengthened enumeration of the precedents
UK Parliament · hear it here
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the fear of precedents being set.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of precedents. 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.