How to pronounce motive in American English
“motive” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to motive the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “motive” in: all accents · British English (112 clips)
“motive” in real sentences — American speakers
353 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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motive is strategic, whether the motive is financial, whether the motive is geopolitical, whether it’s a
State Department
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with their profit motive.
The Obama White House
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carries the current into the to the car it makes the motive motive of the car
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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.