SayItVid

How to pronouncedictionariesin English

noun
IPA/dɪktɪɒnærɪɛs/
Syllablesdic·ti·o·na·ries
1 of 24 clips
Live Synchronized SubtitleFull Context
0:54

So editors are prescriptivists, for instance, because they’re trying to establish a standard way of writing or a standard tone or a standard voice for a publication.Dictionaries are a descriptivist because the goal of a dictionary is to record as much of the language as you can, and even though prescriptivists and writers and editors championthe best practices of English, the best practices of English aren’t all the things that end up in print.

Keyboard controls: Prev, Next, R Replay

All Video Occurrences for “dictionaries” (24)Noun clips

Click any clip to jump
Pronunciation Guide
24 real video occurrences

Listen to native speakers pronounce dictionaries as a noun in real conversational contexts with synchronized timestamps and subtitles.