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# How to pronounce "sets out" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/sɛtsæʊt/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **set·sout**

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

Listen to native speakers pronounce "sets out" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "So the users are given the power to choose the words, to define them, and add quotations, unlike a traditional dictionary, which sets out to report the facts of usage in an impartial, neutral way. Online dictionaries-- the partiality and bias of the user is openly displayed, often leading to rather contested"
- **Watch at 10:19**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNCxwBm8QLQ&t=619s)

### Example 2
> "can feel at peace great thanks Lee good thank you now a BBC investigation has established that the Chancellor's LinkedIn social media profile where she sets out her career exaggerated the length of time that she worked at the bank of England before she became an MP Rachel Reeves left the bank 9 months earlier than her CV says and it means she spent five and a half years working at the bank of England despite claiming to have spent in her words the best part"
- **Watch at 17:21**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ds_KyH6934&t=1041s)

### Example 3
> "failed our coastal communities instead instead as the political declaration sets out we will be an independent coastal state once again we will take back full sovereign control over our waters so we will be able to decide for ourselves who we are now to fish in our waters the EU have maintained throughout"
- **Watch at 8:05**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54nJ-M9u0wY&t=485s)

### Example 4
> "expedition it's september 2019 the german research vessel polarsden sets out on a historic expedition with hundreds of scientists from 20 countries their destination is the polar region they aim to gain new insights into our swiftly changing climate"
- **Watch at 0:30**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WOaC7G87-I&t=30s)

### Example 5
> "that without also reaching out to the chinese so one of the things we call for we want to see a fourth communique that is strategically important it really sets out what the strategic goals of the relationship are between the two heads of state we haven't done that since in the 80s and secondly we'd like to see a pre-trade framework a trade investment framework agreement at tifa which is like a pre-fta a starting between the two countries so"
- **Watch at 1:51**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r_wZrnQcuk&t=111s)

### Example 6
*Accent: US*
> "sets out to answer. And to this extent I would also say we, are all Tocqueville's children."
- **Watch at 7:47**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6bfEOnLF5A&t=467s)

### Example 7
*Accent: UK*
> "sets out the case that the um there are a lot of developing countries of which"
- **Watch at 37:56**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vWyEmpVjCo&t=2276s)

### Example 8
*Accent: AUS*
> "sets out to award the peace prize."
- **Watch at 12:16**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfnGeg0WRQ0&t=736s)

### Example 9
> "Radiohead sets out to write these weird, jarring soundscapes that all are about human alienation."
- **Watch at 29:30**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03hnkPasrac&t=1770s)

### Example 10
> "justice organizations, labor unions, environmental groups, was to advance a bill in California called AB525. It sets out requirements for the state agencies to develop a strategic plan for offshore wind and to set goals over two key milestones 2030 and 2045."
- **Watch at 47:29**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpZmEj_bi0I&t=2849s)


## How to Pronounce "sets out"

- **Syllables**: set · sout
- **IPA**: `/sɛtsæʊt/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

[figure out](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/figure-out), [work out](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/work-out), [make sense of](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/make-sense-of), [find out](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/find-out), [sort out](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/sort-out), [clear up](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/clear-up), [point out](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/point-out), [bring up](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/bring-up)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “sets out”?
“sets out” is pronounced /sɛtsæʊt/ (set · sout). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “sets out”?
“sets out” has 2 syllables: set · sout.

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


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