How to pronounce initiative
Listen to initiative 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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“initiative” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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initiative for its MARS initiative.
UK Parliament · watch from 23:22 · hear it here
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initiative laser focused on agency initiative laser focused on combat agency initiative laser focused on combat
Dept of Justice · watch from 12:00 · hear it here
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Afghanistan Health Initiative.
CDC · watch from 5:34 · hear it here
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Initiative, resourcefulness, leadership.
National Archives · watch from 23:21 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of initiative. 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.