English pronunciation · Words Starting with A
Alive Pronunciation
Alive is pronounced uh-LYV, IPA /əˈlaɪv/.
uh-LYV
US /əˈlaɪv/ · UK /əˈlaɪv/
Syllables: uh · LYV (2 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
adjective: Living, or full of energy and activity.
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Alive in a Sentence
- The plant was still alive under all that frost.
- The square comes alive after eight in the evening.
- He is the only one alive who remembers the flood.
Common Mispronunciations of Alive
Not A-liv
The beat is on the second syllable and the vowel there is long. Fronting it gives something close to olive.
Not uh-LEEV
The ive ending takes the eye sound here, as in hive and drive. A long ee belongs to the verb relieve.
Tip: Rhymes with five. The related adjective live, as in live music, rhymes with it too, though the verb live does not.
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