How to pronounce captivity
Listen to captivity 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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“captivity” in real sentences
491 clips in the index · 210 American · 43 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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captivity in Afghanistan.
State Department · hear it here
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never survive in captivity.
60 Minutes · hear it here
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Oz and what captivity is.
PBS NewsHour · hear it here
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an assurance colony in captivity.
US Fish & Wildlife Service · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of captivity. 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.