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# How to pronounce "open question" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/ɒpɛnkwɛsʃən/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **o·pen·que·sti·on**

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

Listen to native speakers pronounce "open question" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "will also fight to some degree for homeostasis. Open question, I guess. - Well, I'm glad you asked that question because that paper that David and Sara and I wrote, what we were arguing was,"
- **Watch at 21:47**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhZAXXI83-4&t=1307s)

### Example 2
> "open question it isn't how we used to operate it's a great question that we all get to work on in this generation"
- **Watch at 40:43**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yc-_Ei2Yto&t=2443s)

### Example 3
> "like uh catch when the vehicle fails by having tele operation it's an open question so that's that's for you scenario number two is to uh use teleoperation as part of the picture yeah let me let me follow up on that question of how hard driving is because this this becomes a big question for researchers who are"
- **Watch at 103:09**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3Wpy6gE4So&t=6189s)

### Example 4
> "might get surprising things so yeah yeah you're right it's it's interesting that it's it's difficult to see how far an idea will go when it's scaled it's an open question we've also at that point with with dota and PPO like I mean here's a very concrete one right it's like it's actually one thing that's very surprising about dota that I think people don't really pay that much attention to is the decree of"
- **Watch at 69:07**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIrEM2FbOLU&t=4147s)

### Example 5
> "about can that end end from raw sensory data to action be learned that's the open question for for artificial general intelligence for this class can this entire process be end to end can we build systems and how do we do it that"
- **Watch at 47:45**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GV_A9Js2nM&t=2865s)

### Example 6
> "longer on the menu. What may still be on the menu is stopping global warming short of the place where it cuts civilization off at the knees. That's an open question. And there's scary stuff happening right now with climate science. The last couple of years have seen real new data on the biggest"
- **Watch at 1:03**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGy6DzTExf0&t=63s)

### Example 7
> "continue this traditional Grand Alliance with uh the Socialists and the Liberals but it's not going to be easy negotiations and there still is this open question as to whether she will Ally with the greens in order to ensure a very stable majority or possibly with one of these radical right groups uh"
- **Watch at 10:09**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngbPc58VxOg&t=609s)

### Example 8
> "did bring some relief to markets today the whatever relief there was on stock markets was pretty short-lived they are falling again but there is always this open question when it comes to market interventions and things like quantitative easing which is well effectively we're talking about here money printing the idea that you can throw buckets of water on what is a very very big fire it might not extinguish the fire but"
- **Watch at 9:38**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSuwaZEF9ZY&t=578s)

### Example 9
> "any kind of end of fighting and then call it a peace. Uh so that's still an open question and the Europeans have been here to some regard before. Um today is day 100 of Matz being German chancellor just a couple of days after he was finally elected. He headed to Kev taking along um the French president,"
- **Watch at 8:38**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRjHYMrXwOs&t=518s)

### Example 10
> "because China sees this eventually as a victory for the United States more than for Italy itself now if we think about retaliation this is still a bit of an open question we've seen that for example countries that left the 16 plus one framework with China between Central and Eastern European countries and China haven't necessarily been ever necessarily receive repercussions so there's a difference between the 16 plus one framework and the Belton World"
- **Watch at 3:31**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4y2hk7ex34&t=211s)


## How to Pronounce "open question"

- **Syllables**: o · pen · que · sti · on
- **IPA**: `/ɒpɛnkwɛsʃən/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

[open](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/open), [question](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/question)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “open question”?
“open question” is pronounced /ɒpɛnkwɛsʃən/ (o · pen · que · sti · on). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “open question”?
“open question” has 5 syllables: o · pen · que · sti · on.

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


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