How to pronounce definite in American English
“definite” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to definite the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “definite” in: all accents · British English (288 clips)
“definite” in real sentences — American speakers
260 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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There are definite skills, there are different definite abilities that people need to have.
USDA
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It's a definite possibility.
CDC
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There is definite information asymmetry here.
Dept of Justice
Words that sound like “definite”
Words one sound away from definite — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “definite”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of definite. 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.