How to pronounce rather
Listen to rather in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“rather” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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deliverers rather rather scrutinizing.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 72:34 · hear it here
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Rather we focus on results Rather we focus on results most Rather we focus on results
Dept of Justice · watch from 11:15 · hear it here
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rather than transmission.
NIST · watch from 37:50 · hear it here
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(Lab): Rather unnervingly,
UK Parliament · watch from 22:48 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of rather. 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.