How to pronounce strive in British English
“strive” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to strive the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “strive” in: all accents · American English (955 clips)
“strive” in real sentences — British speakers
573 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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No people will strive as the British will strive.
UK Parliament
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opportunities that they strive for.
The Scottish Parliament
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We must strive to protect against that.
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “strive”
Words one sound away from strive — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “strive”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of strive. 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.