How to pronounce standby
Listen to standby 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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“standby” in real sentences
363 clips in the index · 165 American · 66 British · 3 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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standby generator, number two.
NTSB · hear it here
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--Standby, this is Mayday.
CDC · hear it here
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on standby in readiness to respond.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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Is it on standby right now?
FAA · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of standby. 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.