How to pronounce weeks in American English
WEEKS
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Americans pronounce weeks as WEEKS (/wiks/).
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"He has been rehearsing for the school play for weeks."
hee huhz bihn ruh·HUR·suhng fer dhuh SKOOL PLAY fer WEEKS
"He proposed a motion to extend the deadline by two weeks."
hee pruh·POHZD uh MOH·shuhn tuh uhk·STEHND dhuh DEHD·lahyn bahy TOO WEEKS
"He's been living in the city for six weeks."
heez bihn LIH·vuhng ihn dhuh SIH·dee fer SIHKS WEEKS
"The trial lasted for three weeks due to the complexity."
dhuh TRAHY·uhl LA·stuhd fer THREE WEEKS DOO tuh dhuh kuhm·PLEHK·suh·tee
"The minutes from last week's meeting have been uploaded to the shared folder."
dhuh MIH·nuhts fruhm last WEEKS MEE·duhng hav bihn uhp·LOH·duhd tuh dhuh SHAIRD FOHL·der
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Is the American pronunciation of "weeks" different from British English?
American English uses different vowel shapes, a relaxed retroflex R, and connected-speech tricks like flap-T and glottal-stop T that British Received Pronunciation generally avoids. The respell "WEEKS" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.
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