How to pronounce directives in British English
“directives” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to directives the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “directives” in: all accents · American English (263 clips)
“directives” in real sentences — British speakers
215 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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care planning and advance directives.
The Scottish Parliament
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existing EU laws, regulations, directives and the rest into substantive British law.
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “directives”
Words one sound away from directives — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “directives”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of directives. 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.