How to pronounce motive in British English
“motive” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to motive the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “motive” in: all accents · American English (353 clips)
“motive” in real sentences — British speakers
112 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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producer’s profit motive.
The Scottish Parliament
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but for some electoral advantage or for some ulterior motive.
UK Parliament
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the current situation, which is driven by developers and their profit motive.
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “motive”
Words one sound away from motive — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “motive”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of motive. 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.