How to pronounce detective
Listen to detective 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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“detective” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 274 American · 259 British · 6 Australian · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Their names were Detective Mark Baker, Detective Isaiah Emenheiser,
The White House · hear it here
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my left eye detective Sergeant Jimenez detective Brian Fort and detective Atlanta Claiborne today we're discussing
Sizz Wabbit With A View 👁 · hear it here
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national detective force.
ABC News In-depth · hear it here
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to their detective inspector.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of detective. 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.