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# How to pronounce "gets started" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/dʒɛtsstærtɛd/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **get·sstar·ted**

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

Listen to native speakers pronounce "gets started" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "the pictures and videos of the instance get shared on telegram channels and then belarus's cyber community gets started trying to work out exactly who it is hiding behind the mask that was the guy who punched the woman because she was trying to film him and a woman ripped his mask away"
- **Watch at 2:08**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr2ygK8fhs4&t=128s)

### Example 2
> "program if I had said this is crazy and it's going to get us in huge trouble it's a huge risk we shouldn't do it we should just kill this right now before it gets started that would have held I'm I'm sure of that why didn't you stop it why did you sign off on those techniques the country and the agency was just consumed with the fear and the dread that another attack was coming on on the Homeland John Rizzo joined the CIA as a young lawyer in"
- **Watch at 0:45**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BRg9PUYyjc&t=45s)

### Example 3
*Accent: US*
> "campaign gets started. And this is Giovanni Battista Grassi-- I tried to show him last time--who was the person who"
- **Watch at 30:15**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tC96HdMjYw&t=1815s)

### Example 4
> "So it gets started pretty young then."
- **Watch at 24:40**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zIiCTD9ewQ&t=1480s)

### Example 5
*Accent: UK*
> "the game gets started, and that's almost seen as as the norm. Now, what's interesting about this is they're making more of a statement by not doing it. and"
- **Watch at 2:26**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQUjRr5ZuiE&t=146s)

### Example 6
> "As soon as class gets started, he's a psycho."
- **Watch at 1:11**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ryfvu505OpI&t=71s)

### Example 7
> "But then once that gets started, once you have life, then things get interesting."
- **Watch at 38:02**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x26a-ztpQs8&t=2282s)

### Example 8
> "And Williams-Sonoma gets started, and teaching people that they can make very sophisticated food in their home, as long as the ingredients are"
- **Watch at 16:10**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WadnFAMUJkI&t=970s)

### Example 9
> "much more passionate and engaged and, and and, and really that, by far that's been the biggest benefit for us that we didn't expect in doing that. But before someone gets started at Zappos, before they go through the training, we actually interview everyone in two sets of separate interviews. The first set of interviews for someone is kind of the standard of the hiring manager and his or her team will interview for fit within"
- **Watch at 18:54**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxKlK58gDrA&t=1134s)

### Example 10
> "different for us in ' 07 than what it was for many of these companies back seven or eight years ago. So starting with our user base and this is from where everything gets started. We closed last year with 25 million registered users. And you can probably see that since 99 through 2004, we had added we"
- **Watch at 19:41**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDGmHQeu6ck&t=1181s)


## How to Pronounce "gets started"

- **Syllables**: get · sstar · ted
- **IPA**: `/dʒɛtsstærtɛd/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

[gets](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/gets), [started](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/started)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “gets started”?
“gets started” is pronounced /dʒɛtsstærtɛd/ (get · sstar · ted). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “gets started”?
“gets started” has 3 syllables: get · sstar · ted.

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


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