How to pronounce present in American English
“present” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to present the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“present” in real sentences — American speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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>> Richard Zimmerman, present.
CDC
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birthday present, So, his third birthday present. >> was, in many ways.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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present-day computers than present-day computers are to the ancient abacus.
NIST
Words that sound like “present”
Words one sound away from present — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “present”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of present. 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.