How to pronounce authoritative
Listen to authoritative in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“authoritative” in real sentences
532 clips in the index · 104 American · 135 British · 67 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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merely looks authoritative.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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is the authoritative geography.
Geoscience Australia · hear it here
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a deep authoritative voice.
CBC News · hear it here
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that sounds very authoritative.
CrashCourse · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of authoritative. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.