How native speakers pronounce “hold”

and up-and-coming decision makers. We hold the future of this planet in our hands. But most of our online community

The Wildlife Sanctuary You Can Visit from Anywhere | Maya Higa | TED · TED

And I like university professors, but, you know, we shouldn't hold them up as the high-water mark of all human achievement.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

And some of you may be thinking, "Oh, hold on a second. I want my child to be successful in the

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

are safe before they push them out into the world. And we hold them responsible. >> >> We hold them responsible for their

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

the world. And we hold them responsible. >> >> We hold them responsible for their safety lapses.

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

enough aligned self-interest, enough public backing to make peace hold. (Applause)

The Missing Ingredient in Every Peace Deal | Hiba Qasas | TED · TED

and AI support and political dialogue infrastructures to help those who are trying to make peace hold. Because this is the challenge of our time.

The Missing Ingredient in Every Peace Deal | Hiba Qasas | TED · TED

We feel grateful but don’t express it. want to reach out to offer support to someone in need but hold back. We’d like to be open and honest in our relationships,

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

to reach out and approach other people, to engage with them, or to hold back and avoid them. It might, in fact, arguably be the choice we make,

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

Do you engage with them, do you approach, or do you hold back and avoid it? Jen and I had already adopted two children into our family,

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

that it will turn out well, and as a result, we tend to hold ourselves back a little too often. I've found in my life and in my research

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

I've found in my life and in my research that testing some of those beliefs that hold us back can reveal places where we're making mistakes about other people

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

Someone you work with will get it first, and you'll hold out for a while, the way you did with the smartphone,

Why Humans Should Merge with AI | D. Scott Phoenix | TED · TED

for every day from now on. Hold together. Do not indulge the fantasy

Why Humans Should Merge with AI | D. Scott Phoenix | TED · TED

Yet we have no international laws against gender apartheid, no way to hold the perpetrators and their sympathizers accountable. That is why Afghan women are campaigning to add these abuses to

What I Got Wrong About Changing the World | Malala Yousafzai | TED · TED

be each other’s plus-ones to parties. My friend has this habit of grabbing my hand to hold, including when I brought her to my office, and then I'd have to be like,

Why Friendship Can Be Just As Meaningful as Romantic Love | Rhaina Cohen | TED · TED

when I see him at a party and other people are really drawn to him, when I see her hold court. Basically, when I look at my partner radiant and confident.

The secret to desire in a long-term relationship | Esther Perel | TED · TED

is just about how much each of us can hold problems in opposition when they're really not that way.

Got a Meeting? Take a Walk | Nilofer Merchant | TED · TED

a Black man who died on the streets of New York from a police choke hold, passed away of a heart attack.

The most powerful woman you've never heard of | T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Renae

finally transitions are deeply personal times when we revisit the values we hold most dear and rebalance how we spend our time

Superpower

unpredictability give me something concrete to hold on to when that happens people turn out to

Mark

of what they lost they hold ceremonies to mourn the past they create rituals

Mark

he redirected the history of art unable to stand hold a paintbrush or even see that well Matisse used enormous scissors

Create

They anchor the economies of over 100 nations and hold deep cultural significance for saltwater First Nations peoples, who see coral reefs as their family and the creators of life.

A New Lifeline for the World’s Coral Reefs | Theresa Fyffe | TED · TED

and they tell us their horror story, hold space for them, behold them, don't define them as their experience,

The Grassroots Movement Transforming Public Safety | Aqeela Sherrills | TED · TED

sometimes we use our life story to beat ourselves up or hold ourselves back it's all my fault I'll never be happy

Tell

as this unprecedented public access to data promises to hold oil and gas producers accountable for their emissions. Data will make a difference, just as it did in Mexico City.

The Best Way to Lower Earth's Temperature — Fast | Daniel Zavala-Araiza | TED · TED

they get worse at brain things. Nobel Prize committee, please hold your applause. Is this the cost of progress?

How to Stop AI from Killing Your Critical Thinking | Advait Sarkar | TED · TED

or in your book club. You hold goals for others, they hold goals for you. This might be a good time to say thank you to the person sitting next to you.

How to Set the Right Goals and Stay Motivated | Ayelet Fishbach | TED · TED

deeply challenged trying to hold on and believe in ourselves,

A 3-Step Guide to Believing in Yourself | Sheryl Lee Ralph | TED · TED

and how much they will be appreciated by the recipient, and that that miscalculation might hold us back from doing nice things for others more often.

How Acts of Kindness Sparked a Global Movement | Asha Curran | TED · TED

Change the way you describe leadership. And number three, hold yourself accountable. Train yourself up on these skills.

The Breakthrough Power of Young Leaders | Mohan Sivaloganathan | TED · TED

We've been holding ... I think it's essential to hold ... like we can’t divide people into those camps.

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

like we can’t divide people into those camps. You have to hold a passionate belief in the possibility, but not be overseduced by it

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

There are, I think, all of the efforts hold on things, pause on things, delay on things, don't release certain capabilities.

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

What we do is we hold out the hand, we grab your hand, and we bring you into this

TED Explores: Food for the Future | TED Countdown · TED

I started using it a year ago, because it was like, oh, hold on a minute. What we're seeing here is this elite, this business elite, like oligarchy,

Can Big Tech and Privacy Coexist? | Carole Cadwalladr and Chris Anderson | TED · TED

to hear that come from someone so powerfully. And, you know, you don't hold back. Most people are frightened to make bold accusations

Can Big Tech and Privacy Coexist? | Carole Cadwalladr and Chris Anderson | TED · TED

Celina de Sola: I feel like you can hold hope and despair at the same time, right? Like, it's OK to hold those things.

How Do You Turn Setbacks Into Motivation? A Doctor + A Trauma Specialist Answer | TED Intersections · TED

Celina de Sola: I feel like you can hold hope and despair at the same time, right? Like, it's OK to hold those things. Because if you're trying to be hopeful,

How Do You Turn Setbacks Into Motivation? A Doctor + A Trauma Specialist Answer | TED Intersections · TED

and the despair and the frustration. So it's like, how do we hold those simultaneously in a way that enables us to keep working

How Do You Turn Setbacks Into Motivation? A Doctor + A Trauma Specialist Answer | TED Intersections · TED

some of the time, but one that will always hold true is that first one: "Till death do us part."

How understanding divorce can help your marriage | Jeannie Suk Gersen

And then one thing I've come to terms with in the last few years is that I feel like you can hold hope and despair at the same time. Like, it's OK to hold those things,

How Do You Turn Setbacks Into Motivation? A Doctor + A Trauma Specialist Answer | TED Intersections · TED

is that I feel like you can hold hope and despair at the same time. Like, it's OK to hold those things, because if you're trying to be hopeful,

How Do You Turn Setbacks Into Motivation? A Doctor + A Trauma Specialist Answer | TED Intersections · TED

So when does the mismatch begin? If prevention is the goal, when does the problem take hold? I found that if I looked back, the majority of the time,

Is Your Partner “The One?” Wrong Question | George Blair-West | TED · TED

if clouds drift off trying to hold themselves together make deals with gravity

Naima Penniman: "Being Human" | TED Countdown · TED

Impossible is trying to connect in this world, trying to hold onto others while things are blowing up around you, knowing that while you're speaking,

If I should have a daughter ... | Sarah Kay

They could go somewhere with us and just accompany us. They could hold something for us. Or they could run to the store

My Year Living with a Robot | Emily Kate Genatowski | TED · TED

who are more likely to be held in prison cells than to hold college degrees. There is something about being Black in America

Black life at the intersection of birth and death | Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa

though she cannot fathom your sacrifice, she will hold your estimation of it holy, curiously probing, "Where were you?

Chinaka Hodge: What will you tell your daughters about 2016? | TED · TED

I also want to make sure I commemorate and take a quick TED selfie. Hold on, sorry, don't mind me. What was my best selfie angle again?

Why Body Language Is the Key to Self-Expression — and Hot Selfies | David Suh | TED · TED

And I asked her what it felt like to hold a great-great-great-granddaughter. And she put her head back and she said,

How to Live to be 100+ | Dan Buettner | TED · TED

In fact we've done two more Blue Zone expeditions since this and these common denominators hold true. And the first one,

How to Live to be 100+ | Dan Buettner | TED · TED

it all gave me consistency. A rhythm to hold on to. My migraines disappeared.

The Roots of Resilience | Misty Copeland | TED · TED

They're hardwired for struggle when they get here. And when you hold those perfect little babies in your hand, our job is not to say, "Look at her, she's perfect.

The Power of Vulnerability | Brené Brown | TED · TED

We can have disagreements. We can work it out and and hold on to these good relationships even through disagreements.

The Secret to a Happy Life — Lessons from 8 Decades of Research | Robert Waldinger | TED · TED

recognizing the constructive nature of it all, maybe we can hold on less tightly to our stories. Maybe we can learn to let go.

Where Does Your Sense of Self Come From? A Scientific Look | Anil Ananthaswamy | TED · TED

Emerging technologies of genetic engineering hold the promise of helping species adapt to climate change, solve wildlife disease problems,

Ryan Phelan: The intended consequences of helping nature thrive | TED · TED

do we keep doing it? Okay so hold on to those questions for a minute um because

Why Venting Doesn’t Help You Deal with Anger | Jennifer Parlamis | TED · TED

self-reinforcing process where the more I hold someone responsible for some action, the angrier I am.

Why Venting Doesn’t Help You Deal with Anger | Jennifer Parlamis | TED · TED

And the angrier I get, the more I hold that person responsible.

Why Venting Doesn’t Help You Deal with Anger | Jennifer Parlamis | TED · TED

Drivers are matched with shippers, and 99 takes a cut. The company’s terms and conditions hold both the shipper and the driver liable for anything that could go wrong—

What is a gig economy?

I was more vulnerable, more playful, and I didn't hold back my personality. And before long,

How to Unlock Your Flirting Superpowers | Francesca Hogi | TED · TED

that we should tell our friends our goals, right? So they hold us to it. So, let's look at the proof.

Keep your goals to yourself | Derek Sivers

as, like, a type: classic, patriarchal jackass, trying to hold her back. But any time I would suggest that to her,

How Dolly Parton led me to an epiphany | Jad Abumrad

You interrogate those differences, you hold them for as long as you can, until, like up on that mountain,

How Dolly Parton led me to an epiphany | Jad Abumrad

as just an American, living in a country struggling to hold, that every story I tell has got to find the third.

How Dolly Parton led me to an epiphany | Jad Abumrad

that every story I tell has got to find the third. That place where the things we hold as different resolve themselves into something new.

How Dolly Parton led me to an epiphany | Jad Abumrad

That's what always got politicians elected: to seek, gain and hold onto power through the pursuit of local or at very best national interests.

What does it mean to be a citizen of the world? | Hugh Evans

So in the months and years ahead, global citizens will hold world leaders accountable to ensure that the new Global Goals for Sustainable Development

What does it mean to be a citizen of the world? | Hugh Evans

some 25 kilometers on the other side of the Great Divide, which is a high mountainous ridge where our crews were trying to hold it. One night the fire did something that no one expected.

How to Make Big Decisions in Challenging Circumstances | Jonathan Reimer | TED · TED

Find your peace within, hold it sacred, bring it with you everywhere you go.

Want to change the world? Start by being brave enough to care | Cleo Wade