How to pronounce waited in American English
“waited” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to waited the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“waited” in real sentences — American speakers
582 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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When Joseph went missing in action, Clara waited -- she waited 63 years.
The Obama White House
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You waited for the results.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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Sun and we waited and waited and sure enough we got a really amazing surprise now
NASA
Words that sound like “waited”
Words one sound away from waited — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “waited”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of waited. 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.