How to pronounce semi
Listen to semi 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.
“semi” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 373 American · 267 British · 92 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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the semi-semi-minor axis b is just half of the length of the semi-major axis
Robert McNabb · hear it here
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semi-structured interviews.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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incomprehending semi-agents.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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Iran is a messy, confused, semi-democratic, semi-authoritarian, Islamic country
60 Minutes · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of semi. 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.