How to pronounce tense in British English
“tense” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to tense the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “tense” in: all accents · American English (370 clips)
“tense” in real sentences — British speakers
68 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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is not tense and is without noise disturbance.
The Scottish Parliament
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which can always defuse a very tense moment, or cajole the House along.
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “tense”
Words one sound away from tense — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of tense. 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.