How to pronounce stands in American English
“stands” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to stands the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“stands” 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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And America stands ready and America stands committed to doing that.
State Department
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stands with you tomorrow.
The Obama White House
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The G stands for a glue stick and the C stands for a paperclip.
Smithsonian Air & Space
Words that sound like “stands”
Words one sound away from stands — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “stands”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of stands. 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.