How to pronounce waits in American English
“waits” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to waits the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“waits” in real sentences — American speakers
155 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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these unacceptable waits to occur.
The Obama White House
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waits to see if Russia is…
State Department
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waits for a predetermined interval before transmitting its own
Smithsonian Air & Space
Words that sound like “waits”
Words one sound away from waits — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “waits”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of waits. 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.