How to pronounce versus
Listen to versus in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“versus” 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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Piloting privileges versus versus the regulation.
FAA · watch from 7:16 · hear it here
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NHS it's the primary versus secondary versus GPS versus social care versus local government and everything
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 69:17 · hear it here
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today versus in businesses—in particular, versus—today versus before the financial crisis?
Federal Reserve · watch from 45:15 · hear it here
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United States versus Monaco, United States, versus Lakier.
Dept of Justice · watch from 1:51 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of versus. 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.