How to pronounce steps
Listen to steps in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“steps” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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Each of those steps has had sub-steps.
NIH · watch from 20:44 · hear it here
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I've taken steps to address it in that steps to address it in that instance steps
Dept of Justice · watch from 25:45 · hear it here
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This really is two steps forward and two steps back.
UK Parliament · watch from 11:59 · hear it here
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CARRIED UP THE STEPS, THESE VERY STEPS, INTO THE ROTUNDA.
National Archives · watch from 28:50 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of steps. 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.