--- title: "How to pronounce \"hold forth\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"hold forth\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/G5LXwKo23_8/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/hold-forth" --- # How to pronounce "hold forth" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/hɒldfɒrθ/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **hol·dforth** ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (12 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "hold forth" in real conversation: ### Example 1 > "We live in a 24-hour news cycle culture, where people that claim themselves to be experts are more than happy to get up on TV and hold forth on the outlook for interest rates, oil prices, what's going to happen with Brexit, you know, all sort of backed by a Wall Street culture that benefits from churn in people's portfolio." - **Watch at 4:56**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5LXwKo23_8&t=296s) ### Example 2 *Accent: US* > "most alarming tendency to hold forth as from a Pulpit and Let My Words Be took" - **Watch at 299:11**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-gDz_QBLvY&t=17951s) ### Example 3 *Accent: US* > "tendency to hold forth and hold out as anything what I have ever said or done" - **Watch at 299:48**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-gDz_QBLvY&t=17988s) ### Example 4 *Accent: US* > "difficulty in agreeing that the scriptures do hold forth a perfect rule for the description and government of all men." - **Watch at 16:17**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg8psGEqLn4&t=977s) ### Example 5 *Accent: US* > "have to have 14 different ones okay so they can hold forth about when one implies the other all right so we can now say when this occurs" - **Watch at 18:39**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBUWAf1uvSA&t=1119s) ### Example 6 > "this was due to be just a simple photo-op in fact I understand that it was the US side who said there wouldn't be any remarks but you can never never guarantee that with a with president Trump and so nobody expected him to just hold forth against against Germany and to be so so specific in saying that that you know Germany's nordstrom deal is is unfair because then the u. s. is paying" - **Watch at 0:36**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH6rhkCl230&t=36s) ### Example 7 *Accent: US* > "into the reception time if you let all of us faculty members hold forth at Great length so um I will just be very brief and to say you know I think this" - **Watch at 44:23**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihOWISAfROg&t=2663s) ### Example 8 > "And he would, we would eat turkey and he would hold forth and this is a great scenario." - **Watch at 18:02**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjDhg9H-IpA&t=1082s) ### Example 9 *Accent: US* > "consider their answers in such a careful way that they don't just open up and and and and hold forth. I I I think you get much less good quotes and um you know," - **Watch at 27:22**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR6lFOTuhvs&t=1642s) ### Example 10 > "about politicians on these kinds of radio programs is that they never, ever say that they don't know the answer to a question. It doesn't matter what it is. If you ask about child tax credits, the future of the penguins in the south Antarctic, asked to hold forth on whether or not the developments in Chongqing contribute to sustainable development in carbon capture, and we will have an answer for you." - **Watch at 10:36**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuQZ21spTRg&t=636s) ## How to Pronounce "hold forth" - **Syllables**: hol · dforth - **IPA**: `/hɒldfɒrθ/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Pronunciations [hold](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/hold), [forth](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/forth) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “hold forth”? “hold forth” is pronounced /hɒldfɒrθ/ (hol · dforth). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “hold forth”? “hold forth” has 2 syllables: hol · dforth. ### How can I hear “hold forth” used in real sentences? 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