--- title: "How to pronounce \"double figures\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"double figures\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/uaqMutv7NHU/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/double-figures" --- # How to pronounce "double figures" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/dæʊblɛfɪgʌrɛs/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **dou·ble·fi·gu·res** ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "double figures" in real conversation: ### Example 1 > "And then we're in a world where we're not talking about the 20% of the world's oil supplies that go through the Strait of Hormuz. We're then talking about much higher double figures of the world's oil supplies. how Saudis were uh actually circumventing the uh Strait of Hormuz." - **Watch at 20:43**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaqMutv7NHU&t=1243s) ### Example 2 > "another jump in Eurozone interest rates the European Central Bank has raised them by another half a percentage point in its ongoing fight with inflation in the double figures the hike is smaller than the last increase but it's unlikely to be the last the ECB says it's playing the long game the European Central Bank on Thursday raised its key interest rates once more leaders remain determined to call the red hot inflation across the Eurozone" - **Watch at 0:08**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB1bYYotv7s&t=8s) ### Example 3 > "When they're in double figures, you don't tell people because I think you're-- yeah." - **Watch at 1:12**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ir-lpCYZ5M&t=72s) ### Example 4 > "highly protectionist economy and you've heard Donald Trump talking about that as well in the in other words they have lots of tariffs on imports like not just double figures but triple figures so 100% or more. And what this deal does is it takes away the tariffs for British exports into India" - **Watch at 9:18**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65iJ_WipjYU&t=558s) ### Example 5 *Accent: UK* > "... unemployment is still in double figures..." - **Watch at 11:01**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK1OTQzyiX8&t=661s) ### Example 6 > "And they're not just winning in narrow elections. I mean, they've been winning um small uh on state um legislatures and things in really surprising districts, in places that Trump carried by um double figures, didn't they? I mean, there's like 12% Trump districts that Democrats are winning in. It's quite remarkable when you see that. >> Yeah, Mar-a-Lago in Florida, that district is now uh uh run in the state legislature by a Democrat. There have" - **Watch at 17:51**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks2nJtfGvC4&t=1071s) ### Example 7 > "credit facilities and they need advisory Services as so on Osa believes Nigeria will experience economic growth in double figures in the coming years throughout Africa economies are expanding and business is booming Christian vessel says that economic success will be even more powerful if all Africans including those who do not yet have bank accounts are" - **Watch at 4:08**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f1OgnBdujI&t=248s) ### Example 8 > "the new quality which I use wherever in those Olympic Games Monika's is visiting one of his sales partners thanks to China's massive building projects growth is into double figures and since business is booming Medicus has developed his own production in Nanjing especially for the Chinese market celebrations to open the factory extension for this German investor the occasion is like a state visit" - **Watch at 3:56**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eljv7yjkV-Y&t=236s) ### Example 9 > "trying to trying to get by. Very hard. It's very very hard. And the rate of inflation is back in double figures. Risen to 10.1%. Pension £140 a week. How do you live on that? We're currently going through a reorggaging process. Already it's becoming clear that the events of the" - **Watch at 18:41**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kNSoNrthKg&t=1121s) ### Example 10 > "will remember of the queen sitting all alone in black on the day of prince philip's funeral i i think it's also important in the sense of the sheer accumulation of these allegations alice i think it's now in double figures of party violations of lockdown that they're supposed to have been and downing street and although you're absolutely right boris johnson wasn't there i think what critics will say and in fact actually alice even supports the" - **Watch at 4:01**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5lHuhjgbco&t=241s) ## How to Pronounce "double figures" - **Syllables**: dou · ble · fi · gu · res - **IPA**: `/dæʊblɛfɪgʌrɛs/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Pronunciations [double](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/double), [figures](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/figures) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “double figures”? “double figures” is pronounced /dæʊblɛfɪgʌrɛs/ (dou · ble · fi · gu · res). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “double figures”? “double figures” has 5 syllables: dou · ble · fi · gu · res. ### How can I hear “double figures” used in real sentences? This page has 15 real-world video examples of “double figures” with synchronized subtitles. 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