How to pronounce reference in American English
“reference” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to reference the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“reference” 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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reference bank that reference bank grew too.
Federal Reserve
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reference to 2020, 19 in reference to 2019, etc.
Census Bureau
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workspace that include reference processing quality assurance ready for shipment shipped reference not found and reference
National Archives
Words that sound like “reference”
Words one sound away from reference — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “reference”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of reference. 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.