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Hoe spreek je „overambitious” uit in het Engels

overambitious wordt uitgesproken als ˌoʊ.vər.æmˈbɪʃ.əs, met de hoofdklemtoon op de lettergreep “BISH”. Hoor authentieke moedertaalsprekers in 19 clips met gesynchroniseerde ondertitels en tijdstempels hieronder.

ˌoʊ.vər.æmˈbɪʃ.əs

oh·vər·am·BISH·əs

Hoofdklemtoon: BISH

Accent:
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IPAˌoʊ.vər.æmˈbɪʃ.əs
Sayoh-vər-am-BISH-əs
Lettergrepenoh · vər · am · BISH · əs
Hoor in contextUS
6:04

If not, it's okay. We'll go back because college anyway was going on only. So I started and when I started off, my mom was like, this is so such an overambitious goal. this is so such an overambitious goal.

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Linguistic Pronunciation Masterclass: “overambitious”

Phonetic mechanics, syllable architecture, and conversational cadence

ˌoʊ.vər.æmˈbɪʃ.əs

Syllable Architecture & Stress Distribution

Syl. 1Unstressed

oh

Neutral schwa (⁄ə⁄): relaxed jaw, brief unstressed breath.

Syl. 2Unstressed

vər

Neutral schwa (⁄ə⁄): relaxed jaw, brief unstressed breath.

Syl. 3Unstressed

am

Neutral schwa (⁄ə⁄): relaxed jaw, brief unstressed breath.

Syl. 4Stress

BISH

Gliding diphthong with sustained vocal resonance.

Syl. 5Unstressed

əs

Neutral schwa (⁄ə⁄): relaxed jaw, brief unstressed breath.

Primary emphasis falls on the fourth syllable ("BISH"). Raise your pitch and sustain the vowel length on this syllable while relaxing the surrounding syllables.

Common Pronunciation Traps & Learner Mistakes

⚠️ Intervocalic Tap / Flap [ɾ] in American English

The Trap: Pronouncing a hard, aspirated [tʰ] in casual conversation can sound overly formal in North America.

How Native Speakers Say It: In American English, a single "t" between vowels quickly taps against the alveolar ridge like a soft "d" ([ɾ]). In British English, maintain a crisp aspirated [tʰ].

Connected Speech & Natural Conversational Flow

🔗 Consonant-Vowel Linking (Liaison)

When "overambitious" is followed by a word starting with a vowel, glide the final consonant into the opening vowel (e.g. "overambitious is" sounds like "overambitious-iz").

⏱️ Stress-Timed Rhythm

Maintain the stress-timed rhythm of English: compress unstressed syllables rapidly so the beat of "overambitious" aligns naturally with adjacent words.

📐 Morphological Stress Rule (-ious)

Places stress on the syllable directly before "-ious".

Authentic Spoken Quotes from Native Video Context

Verified Transcripts
“So I started and when I started off, my mom was like, this is so such an overambitious goal.”
— TEDx TalksWatch clip
“Burma has this long history of overambitious emperors trying to conquer neighbors, succeeding, and then being overextended”
— StanfordWatch clip
“People were a little overanxious, a little overambitious about over a decade ago.”
— MIT OpenCourseWareWatch clip
“or something else does not seem to me in itself to spell disaster so instead of digging ourselves in behind a stockade of overambitious”
— Harvard UniversityWatch clip
“No, not for all member countries and it seems indeed like a very overambitious”
— Native SpeakerWatch clip
“I saw these overambitious forecasts for”
— Native SpeakerWatch clip
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So I started and when I started off, my mom was like, this is so such an overambitious goal.

Hoor in context: “overambitious”

19 clips

The Engels word “overambitious” is transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) as ˌoʊ.vər.æmˈbɪʃ.əs (phonetic respelling: oh-vər-am-BISH-əs). Phonologically, it consists of 5 syllables (oh · vər · am · BISH · əs), with primary lexical stress placed on the 4th syllable (BISH). Grammatically, “overambitious” functions as a adjective. SayItVid indexes 19 authentic Engels video clips demonstrating how native speakers articulate “overambitious” in natural connected speech across American (US: 8 sampled), British (UK), and Australian (AUS) accents, including verified broadcasts from TEDx Talks, Stanford, MIT OpenCourseWare.

Spoken Video Transcripts & Contextual Quotes (5 Verified Clips)

  • 🇺🇸 USTEDx Talks
    Clip #1 · @6:04
    “If not, it's okay. We'll go back because college anyway was going on only. So I started and when I started off, my mom was like, this is so such an overambitious goal. this is so such an overambitious goal.”
  • 🇺🇸 USStanford
    Clip #2 · @19:28
    “conquering central Thailand. Actually, though, these conquests were always disastrous. Burma has this long history of overambitious emperors trying to conquer neighbors, succeeding, and then being overextended emperors trying to conquer neighbors, succeeding, and then being overextended”
  • 🇺🇸 USMIT OpenCourseWare
    Clip #3 · @44:21
    “So gene therapy had a crack. People were a little overanxious, a little overambitious about over a decade ago. a little overambitious about over a decade ago.”
  • 🇺🇸 USHarvard University
    Clip #4 · @24:33
    “in the humanities and a larger proportion in business or communication or something else does not seem to me in itself to spell disaster so instead of digging ourselves in behind a stockade of overambitious disaster so instead of digging ourselves in behind a stockade of overambitious”
  • 🇺🇸 US
    Clip #5 · @5:58
    “Is 5% of GDP realistic for all member countries? No, not for all member countries and it seems indeed like a very overambitious goal. What we have to say is that NATO members are taking aim at a new defense”

Definitie & Betekenis: “overambitious”

ADJECTIVE
  • Excessively ambitious.

Voorbeeldzinnen in context (3)

  • “The Hyperwebster is an overambitious work that provides a complete list of all words in the form of every possible combination of letters of any finite length.”
  • “So I started and when I started off, my mom was like, this is so such an overambitious goal.”
  • “disastrous. Burma has this long history of overambitious emperors trying to conquer neighbors, succeeding, and then being overextended”

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Uitspraak: “overambitious”

Pronunciation:
oh-vər-am-BISH-əs
Lettergrepen:
oh · vər · am · BISH · əs
Written Hyphenation:
o · ver · am · bi · tious
Hoofdklemtoon:
BISH
IPA:
ˌoʊ.vər.æmˈbɪʃ.əs
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Veelgestelde vragen over „overambitious”

Hoe spreek je “overambitious” uit in het Engels?

“overambitious” wordt uitgesproken als ⁄ˌoʊ.vər.æmˈbɪʃ.əs⁄ (oh-vər-am-BISH-əs). Luister naar de videoclips van moedertaalsprekers hierboven om het in context te horen.

Hoeveel lettergrepen heeft “overambitious”?

“overambitious” heeft 5 lettergrepen: oh · vər · am · BISH · əs.

Waar ligt de klemtoon bij “overambitious”?

De hoofdklemtoon bij “overambitious” ligt op “BISH”. Let op die beklemtoonde lettergreep in de videofragmenten hierboven.

Wat betekent “overambitious”?

Excessively ambitious.

Hoe kan ik “overambitious” in echte zinnen horen?

Deze pagina bevat 19 videovoorbeelden van “overambitious” met gesynchroniseerde ondertiteling. Gebruik Vorige / Volgende (of de pijltjestoetsen ← / →) om elk fragment direct te beluisteren.

What is the most common pronunciation mistake when saying “overambitious”?

Pronouncing a hard, aspirated [tʰ] in casual conversation can sound overly formal in North America. In American English, a single "t" between vowels quickly taps against the alveolar ridge like a soft "d" ([ɾ]). In British English, maintain a crisp aspirated [tʰ].