How to pronounce scales
Listen to scales in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“scales” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 220 American · 834 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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scales and around budget.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 12:50 · hear it here
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scales as highly supportive.
NIH · watch from 32:27 · hear it here
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Just take away their scales.
NSF · watch from 1:16 · hear it here
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Have your scales recalibrated -- again??
NIST · watch from 0:17 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of scales. 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.