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# How to pronounce "community development" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/kɒmmʌnɪtɪdɛvɛlɒpmɛnt/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **com·mu·ni·ty·de·ve·lop·ment**

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "community development" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "be an entrepreneur. The interesting thing is that I never thought that I would start a business. As a development economist, her work was all about community development, mostly in the nonprofit world. But traveling through villages in Indonesia changed her perspective. Before when I was looking at clothes, it was just something that you buy in stores. And sadly, I thought that clothes were just something that magically appeared in stores. You buy"
- **Watch at 2:17**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU7-2H8UQhY&t=137s)

### Example 2
> "there. We knew the leadership, the neighborhoods, the nonprofits, but we didn't couldn't get the money. So, we put the two together, and Lenders for Community Development, which was was created and incubated at our shop and now spun off as a separate organization run by Eric Weaver, a terrific guy also from the business school. So in effect, we've endowed this region with a new organization which has gone on giving millions and millions of dollars for um"
- **Watch at 11:43**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xws0z0-GlxA&t=703s)

### Example 3
> "198 I wasn't vice president in 1982 I was minister of women Affairs and Community Development and yes I was visiting mland and no you didn't speak out talk to the communities about how they can improve themselves Joyce majur"
- **Watch at 5:35**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2VPGQfSEjI&t=335s)

### Example 4
*Accent: US*
> "community development institutions and economic development institutions across the country that are working in the deep south to close banking deserts as we"
- **Watch at 24:48**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdxvefMzlr8&t=1488s)

### Example 5
*Accent: US*
> "Community Development programs aimed at modernizing India's villages there he watched reformers weave improvements in the built environment"
- **Watch at 28:41**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtmS2ZtVbbc&t=1721s)

### Example 6
*Accent: AUS*
> "Community Development I. E working with Community groups and ngos is essential but also I think the other big player is"
- **Watch at 21:08**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV60oVn7h4k&t=1268s)

### Example 7
*Accent: AUS*
> "community development. So there's a lot out there. Um as it as you saw in there, we're connected internationally to a"
- **Watch at 3:10**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdXtsra0XMk&t=190s)

### Example 8
*Accent: AUS*
> "community development work in the communities where we can assist parents to provide, um, you know, a level of care for their children,"
- **Watch at 0:45**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dgax41hdU6w&t=45s)

### Example 9
> "social entrepreneur machai Veria they learned how his organization population and Community Development Association better known as PDA was focusing on poverty alleviation PDA was providing villagers with access to loans free of the stringent collateral requirements of traditional Banks ver of ideas's approach took microl lending a step"
- **Watch at 1:12**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DfcGdl9_ro&t=72s)

### Example 10
*Accent: US*
> "food Community by Community um it's a story that's as much about Community Development as sustainable agriculture and I would argue that those two are"
- **Watch at 30:30**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxq7D0ekngI&t=1830s)


## How to Pronounce "community development"

- **Syllables**: com · mu · ni · ty · de · ve · lop · ment
- **IPA**: `/kɒmmʌnɪtɪdɛvɛlɒpmɛnt/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

[community](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/community), [development](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/development)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “community development”?
“community development” is pronounced /kɒmmʌnɪtɪdɛvɛlɒpmɛnt/ (com · mu · ni · ty · de · ve · lop · ment). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “community development”?
“community development” has 8 syllables: com · mu · ni · ty · de · ve · lop · ment.

### How can I hear “community development” used in real sentences?
This page has 15 real-world video examples of “community development” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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