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# How to pronounce "request for proposal" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/rɛkwɛstfɒrprɒpɒsæl/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **re·ques·tfor·pro·po·sal**

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (9 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "request for proposal" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "foreclosed on themselves but because their communities devastated their suffering too so this is a comprehensive approach and in our office we have an open request for proposal process an RFP process for any money we give out is all posted on our website so the money is not sticking in some government bureaucracy there's been no criminal prosecution uh to speak of do you regret"
- **Watch at 2:32**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb8JsDYaz-4&t=152s)

### Example 2
> "yes um well grantees are you know there's some um situations where there is a request for proposal issue and we have competitive situations but that's that's not usually the case usually we've identified the grantee we know this is a group that has expertise we work with them over a certain period of time to shape a proposal so that it we get out of it what we want to and we"
- **Watch at 19:40**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDdYKPhvwUg&t=1180s)

### Example 3
*Accent: US*
> "collaboration to actually make happen. We just put that request for proposal out there with our San Francisco Biohub as an example, where they've done incredible work in single cell biology and infectious disease. And we got-- I want to say-- like 57 proposals from over 150 institutions."
- **Watch at 44:38**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wo6SqLNmLk&t=2678s)

### Example 4
*Accent: AUS*
> "out but they have to submit uh RFP or request for proposal so they get involved in these training sessions then"
- **Watch at 30:24**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkkY7tLXB5g&t=1824s)

### Example 5
> "decided they wanted a new advertising agency. So, the first thing they did was put out a request for proposal for Well, they had they already had a an a general market agency. General market means the major agency, the primary agency for those of you that may not understand the the terminology. And so, they they were looking for a segment"
- **Watch at 17:09**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY7B-dN7qq0&t=1029s)

### Example 6
> "chasing the money it's what we call mission drift oftentimes you're going to find clients that are like oh we got it right after that our request for proposal oh we got to run over here to do this you know and so that mission very often the work that you're going to be doing is actually to help articulate"
- **Watch at 5:18**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb-bo23Knes&t=318s)

### Example 7
> "this concept of social responsibility and now it's sort of a given that social responsibility include those factors of governance social responsibility and and reducing environmental risk and impact so more and more you've seen in the last five years we've seen an increasing number of rfps request for proposal when pension fund money wants to be invested housing element of the RFP the fact that"
- **Watch at 52:22**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF4ODFzjnSc&t=3142s)

### Example 8
> "the money it's what we call Mission drift often times you're going to find clients that're like oh we got to run after that our request for proposal oh we got to run over here to do this you know and so that mission very often the work that you're going to be doing is actually to help articulate whether or not they're"
- **Watch at 18:00**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK3m5K9cqYQ&t=1080s)

### Example 9
> "We had countless federal and local government agencies that would oversee every single decision we made. But in advance of even having the opportunity to do it, there was a close to two year request for proposal, like a process that was put out by the General Services Administration."
- **Watch at 23:44**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oxdDKHdcM8&t=1424s)


## How to Pronounce "request for proposal"

- **Syllables**: re · ques · tfor · pro · po · sal
- **IPA**: `/rɛkwɛstfɒrprɒpɒsæl/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

[request](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/request), [proposal](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/proposal)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “request for proposal”?
“request for proposal” is pronounced /rɛkwɛstfɒrprɒpɒsæl/ (re · ques · tfor · pro · po · sal). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “request for proposal”?
“request for proposal” has 6 syllables: re · ques · tfor · pro · po · sal.

### How can I hear “request for proposal” used in real sentences?
This page has 9 real-world video examples of “request for proposal” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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