How to pronounce stead
Listen to stead 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.
“stead” in real sentences
154 clips in the index · 22 American · 52 British · 3 Australian · 6 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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good stead for the future.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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It stood us in reasonable stead until now.
ABC News In-depth · hear it here
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And we seem to be in good stead.
Smithsonian Air & Space · hear it here
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they will not pick up pool coverage in CNN's stead.
CBC News · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of stead. 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.