How to pronounce imperative
Listen to imperative in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“imperative” in real sentences
930 clips in the index · 206 American · 724 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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wrist position are imperative.
CDC · watch from 4:02 · hear it here
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Early detection is imperative.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 12:40 · hear it here
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So fieldwork is imperative.
USGS · watch from 2:52 · hear it here
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imperative to do this work.
UK Parliament · watch from 9:11 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of imperative. 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.