How to pronounce drive in American English
“drive” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to drive the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “drive” in: all accents · British English (1,000+ clips)
“drive” in real sentences — American speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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drive um you know living in the DMV we like the drive right the drive is
US National Archives
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competing to drive down costs and to drive up benefits.
The Obama White House
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So drive, drive with caution around the 5-county area.
US Fish & Wildlife Service
Words that sound like “drive”
Words one sound away from drive — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “drive”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of drive. 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.