How to pronounce precedents in British English
“precedents” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to precedents the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“precedents” in real sentences — British speakers
84 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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preferring brief statements of the general results of precedents to a lengthened enumeration of the precedents
UK Parliament
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the fear of precedents being set.
The Scottish Parliament
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Is she concerned about the precedents that that might set?
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “precedents”
Words one sound away from precedents — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
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.