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# How to pronounce "under the microscope" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/ʌndɛrθɛmɪkrɒskɒʊp/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **un·der·the·mi·cro·scope**

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

Listen to native speakers pronounce "under the microscope" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "years, things happen on the surface that you can detect by taking little thin slivers of a sample and looking at it under the microscope. But the fakers have found ways to duplicate those effects. In Southeast Asia, if you're a clever faker, you carve things out of stone and it is said that you bury them"
- **Watch at 18:33**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlRTfe_OIWk&t=1113s)

### Example 2
> "trt use makes men aspermic meaning having no sperm in the ejaculate you still have an ejaculate it looks the same to you but when we go look at it under the microscope there's no sperm in it sometimes that is irreversible the longer you've taken trt for there is a chance that I might not be able to get sperm to return to your ejaculate it might be permanent let's talk about eggs"
- **Watch at 31:29**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8h4qksd6Yw&t=1889s)

### Example 3
> "under the microscope now not the virus but the government's approach to tackling it where many were hoping for clarity ahead of christmas there is instead uncertainty coveted cases are surging and boris johnson and his cabinet met yesterday but they have yet to decide on any of the key questions"
- **Watch at 0:00**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgQAWCVC0gg&t=0s)

### Example 4
> "rock. Turning the ordinary into something extraordinary. Fragments of an LCD monitor become art under the microscope. Like this metal surface. That's the work of microphotographer Manfred Kaga. For more than five decades, he's given the world a window to objects normally invisible to the naked eye."
- **Watch at 0:37**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqvuPQqMw8k&t=37s)

### Example 5
*Accent: US*
> "under the microscope okay these forests is known to be they can be red green"
- **Watch at 74:13**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua3pKMzJf4w&t=4453s)

### Example 6
> "infectious disease in 2019 topping even hiv aids here we see some tuberculosis bacteria under the microscope the who fears that up to 400 000 more people could die of tuberculosis this year worst affected are india followed by indonesia china the philippines pakistan nigeria"
- **Watch at 2:47**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEKHdOCB8Mg&t=167s)

### Example 7
> "This is a tumor: dark, gray, ominous mass growing inside a brain. And under the microscope, you can see hundreds of these brown-stained blood vessels, capillaries that are feeding cancer cells, bringing oxygen and nutrients. But cancers don't start out like this, and in fact, cancers don't start out with a blood supply."
- **Watch at 4:02**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9bDZ5-zPtY&t=242s)

### Example 8
> "Congress or whether it's uh the president addressing the solutions that are facing this country oh boy uh for any candidate who wasn't totally under the microscope that might be fine but whether he's in the prime time debate or the secondary debate next week Mark can Perry's campaign and can Perry himself survive another moment where he looks like he's suffering from AP fasia like that I don't think this is fair Rick Perry is much smarter than"
- **Watch at 4:55**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhr27UNB19U&t=295s)

### Example 9
*Accent: AUS*
> "cheese under the microscope. um kazius granulomaus uh granulomitus disease is"
- **Watch at 10:11**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ-8vOpsZ6Y&t=611s)

### Example 10
*Accent: AUS*
> "cells under the microscope and hold them in her hand and uh for her that was the closest she'd ever come to meeting her"
- **Watch at 42:07**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgxeyfbAl1Q&t=2527s)


## How to Pronounce "under the microscope"

- **Syllables**: un · der · the · mi · cro · scope
- **IPA**: `/ʌndɛrθɛmɪkrɒskɒʊp/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

[under the weather](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/under-the-weather), [feeling down](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/feeling-down), [out of sorts](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/out-of-sorts), [run down](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/run-down), [not feeling well](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/not-feeling-well), [sick](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/sick), [under](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/under), [microscope](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/microscope)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “under the microscope”?
“under the microscope” is pronounced /ʌndɛrθɛmɪkrɒskɒʊp/ (un · der · the · mi · cro · scope). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “under the microscope”?
“under the microscope” has 6 syllables: un · der · the · mi · cro · scope.

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


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