--- title: "How to pronounce \"legally binding\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"legally binding\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/g3nIXMA1j3E/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/legally-binding" --- # How to pronounce "legally binding" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/lɛgællɪbɪndɪng/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **le·gal·ly·bin·ding** ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "legally binding" in real conversation: ### Example 1 > "on the idea since 2019 there is a wider point in all this though behavioral change is seen by many experts as a crucial part of achieving the UK's legally binding climate targets the UK's climate change committee has for example urged the government to create plans to reduce demand for air travel and help change people's diets this recent concern and conspiracy shows how these kinds of policies are communicated may be Central to their" - **Watch at 3:50**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3nIXMA1j3E&t=230s) ### Example 2 > "of European the European Parliament Antonio tianni and I told them clearly what Parliament wanted in order to unite behind a withdrawal agreement namely legally binding changes to the backstop and I explained to them the three ways in which this can be achieved first the backstop could be replaced with alternative arrangements to avoid a hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland yesterday my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for" - **Watch at 0:32**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z6-owMWbCM&t=32s) ### Example 3 > "measures um what I for which we still have to wait but what I can say in general is that orders of the uh International court of justice are legally binding um at the same time the court has no enforcement mechanism so it can't really force uh any state to follow it um nevertheless yes what you have to keep in mind this court behind me is the United Nations top World court" - **Watch at 5:47**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF9y2W3snlk&t=347s) ### Example 4 > "abide by the icj's decision that's really really difficult to predict CLA I mean iccj rulings are legally binding but they're very very difficult to enforce they can be ignored and we saw that with Russia uh in the case in 2022 when it was the ruling the icj ruling was for Russia to cease hostilities in Ukraine now uh that ruling and the fact that Russia ignored it showed some of the weaknesses of the" - **Watch at 10:36**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIJQImodLwk&t=636s) ### Example 5 > "just been a year maybe two years have passed and this solidarity that we're seeing with Ukraine is going to fall away this vote today it may not be legally binding but I mean would you agree it sends the signal that that Global sentiment in support of Ukraine has not weakened it does send a signal and it does send a strong signal but Brent this resolution" - **Watch at 2:18**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4vGxYwMpzg&t=138s) ### Example 6 > "is operating uh a inscribed stock Ledger system in which they keep the only legally binding record of stock ownership so individuals didn't have a receipt that they would take away with them that would be legally binding in fact the receipt that they were given was was worthless um and thus they they had to completely" - **Watch at 11:08**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYpe_K8PzbQ&t=668s) ### Example 7 *Accent: US* > "legally binding agreement with significant transparency from China and from some other developing countries but China I think most prominently and all" - **Watch at 7:38**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMyuNoQZS-s&t=458s) ### Example 8 *Accent: AUS* > "legally binding to ensure persons with disability have protection when it comes to the situation of risk and" - **Watch at 33:15**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQWBTVLIyig&t=1995s) ### Example 9 > "for future generations a bill will enshrine in law environmental principles and legally binding targets including for air quality it will also ban the export of polluting plastic waste to countries outside the Organisation for" - **Watch at 7:05**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZxzzPRNvLY&t=425s) ### Example 10 > "promises on workers rights and the environment the same government that spent the last few weeks negotiating in secret to remove from the withdrawal agreement legally binding commitments on workers rights and the environment this government cannot be trusted and these benches will not be duped neither will" - **Watch at 1:00**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaycpPcBquU&t=60s) ## How to Pronounce "legally binding" - **Syllables**: le · gal · ly · bin · ding - **IPA**: `/lɛgællɪbɪndɪng/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Pronunciations [legally](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/legally), [binding](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/binding) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “legally binding”? “legally binding” is pronounced /lɛgællɪbɪndɪng/ (le · gal · ly · bin · ding). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “legally binding”? “legally binding” has 5 syllables: le · gal · ly · bin · ding. ### How can I hear “legally binding” used in real sentences? This page has 15 real-world video examples of “legally binding” with synchronized subtitles. 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