How to pronounce directives in American English
“directives” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to directives the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “directives” in: all accents · British English (215 clips)
“directives” in real sentences — American speakers
263 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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gave us several directives.
Dept of Justice
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on to be airworthiness directives.
NTSB
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They provide clarification or guidance for directives to FAA employees and designees affected by those directives.
FAA
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.