--- title: "How to pronounce \"locking in\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"locking in\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/Q-JAUbnIYEM/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/locking-in" --- # How to pronounce "locking in" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/lɒkkɪndʒɪn/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **lo·ckin·gin** ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "locking in" in real conversation: ### Example 1 > "But I mean-- yeah, I mean, I would say that every time I watch any show on TV, it just deteriorates into people just locking in, and just-- it's just strange that we're still doing the same thing, even though the results are not going the way that we would want them to go." - **Watch at 15:25**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-JAUbnIYEM&t=925s) ### Example 2 > "wonder if you can speak to the same question as someone who's also addressing these challenges from inside government the challenge of sort of locking in change and some of the obstacles you confronted in indonesia i believe the the problem is more of the uneven distribution of the development" - **Watch at 45:27**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj7-_JNZoAU&t=2727s) ### Example 3 > "hope that too not too much lobbying will happen to suppress any of the measures that will uh begin to phase out fossil fuel Investments especially in terms of locking in the infrastructure that is still relying on fossil fuels like internal combustion engines for cars and so on so the better uh the quicker we can phase out these fossil fuel Technologies and infrastructure the better it is for everybody but they themselves have to plan for the future" - **Watch at 8:18**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VocNysR7OiE&t=498s) ### Example 4 > "the low earth orbit talk to us about why it's so dangerous and how how it intersects with the advancements that artificial intelligence is kind of a locking in this ability to be able to pinpoint exactly what things are right so so we currently have order of 35 000" - **Watch at 15:20**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p0h6WZZyIo&t=920s) ### Example 5 > "over here kind of how does that end how do you work your way out from that because they're buying into assets that have got 7 10 15 year lifespans we're locking in an awful lot right now absolutely and uh just to give you an example on the day of brexit uh the longest running Swiss the Government Bond which had a maturity date of 264 on it was lead was dipping into negative" - **Watch at 7:49**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb6F9vhDV-4&t=469s) ### Example 6 > "for this you know supply and demand potential imbalance going into it correct and that's where we see the opportunity so locking in the borrow of not only the a but potentially the b and now b is offering uh they're going to have a shareholder vote uh january 20th i believe uh to split that 50 to one so that's gonna be an interesting situation where the the the the bees are going to be" - **Watch at 2:30**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdKUEVmhvb0&t=150s) ### Example 7 *Accent: US* > "locking in and heading towards the south side." - **Watch at 41:38**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi_i3ZMvtTo&t=2498s) ### Example 8 *Accent: US* > "locking in layer upon layer upon layer of nitrate phosphate goodness so when word finally reached Europe that von Humboldt had potentially found a" - **Watch at 20:55**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4g2xAlsj-4&t=1255s) ### Example 9 *Accent: AUS* > "locking in the strategic direction uh into the governance and assurance settings that make uh the delivery" - **Watch at 14:06**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eSh7JhYWd4&t=846s) ### Example 10 > "AI, politics, your parents, your social media feed, your Tinder alerts. By locking in on you for the next 600 seconds, I'm very confident that you're going to walk away with what I think is the single best hack for longevity, purpose and living the type of lives that we want to live." - **Watch at 0:20**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4sq1CKPl0E&t=20s) ## How to Pronounce "locking in" - **Syllables**: lo · ckin · gin - **IPA**: `/lɒkkɪndʒɪn/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Pronunciations [locking](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/locking) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “locking in”? “locking in” is pronounced /lɒkkɪndʒɪn/ (lo · ckin · gin). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “locking in”? “locking in” has 3 syllables: lo · ckin · gin. ### How can I hear “locking in” used in real sentences? 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