How to pronounce captive
Listen to captive 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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“captive” in real sentences
840 clips in the index · 465 American · 50 British · 6 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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in the captive trade of, the captive pet trade.
US Fish & Wildlife Service · hear it here
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captive Russian audience.
60 Minutes · hear it here
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held captive by scammers.
ABC News In-depth · hear it here
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You have a captive audience.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of captive. 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.