How to pronounce rival
Listen to rival in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“rival” in real sentences
980 clips in the index · 232 American · 76 British · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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they'll join Labavich's arch rival arch rival.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
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Burgundy are rival suppliers and there are other rival rivals.
Intelligence Squared · hear it here
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are two rival scientists.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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Cousins Rival Queens exhibition.
British Library · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of rival. 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.