How to pronounce purport
Listen to purport 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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“purport” in real sentences
135 clips in the index · 34 American · 56 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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purport to show us everything.
The Atlantic · hear it here
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they purport and I say purport because um none of this is proven uh at the
Federal Reserve · hear it here
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a plethora of what purport to be qualifications.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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We don’t purport to represent the world.
State Department · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of purport. 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.