TubeTalkTubeTalk Pronunciation
How to pronounce “detective”
Hear “detective” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for detective
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of detective with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- How we became sisters
Felice is not a detective, she only plays one onstage.
- Definition summary
- (law enforcement) A police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce detective
How we became sisters
Felice is not a detective, she only plays one onstage.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “detective”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (law enforcement) A police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator.
- A person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public.
- [Adjective]
- Employed in detecting.
Practice Nearby Words
investigator, tec, police detective, hawkshaw, officer, supervisor, agent, inspectorate, constable, captain, policeman, superintendent, police, sarge, inspector, trooper, sergeant, inspection, examiner, sir, inspecting, investigation, lieutenant, discovery, detection, informer, detecting, reasoning, private, sorry, surveyor, dirty, gumshoe, fuzz, drew, cop, misha, kelly, pinkerton, mcafee, mallory, inspecteur, inspectors, private eye, private investigator, sleuth, bloodhound, shadow, secret agent, shamus, dick, operative, inquiry agent, plainclothesman, undercover officer, lawman, private detective, criminalist, investigatress, coinvestigator, house detective, crimefighter, indagator, cyberinvestigator, criminalistician, eyeballer, superdetective, crimebuster, evidencer, telecop, searcher, store detective, bounty hunter, raider, disquisitor, crime fighter, investigative journalist, collator, skip tracer, forensicist, finder, exam'r, discerptor, molehunter, detectorist, exciseman, person of interest, criminal prosecutor, criminologist, crime-fighter, indagatrix, dry agent, indictor, inspectioneer, suspector, explorer, looker, tailer, plainclothesperson
Similar Sounds
detective, detectives, detecting, deductive, detected, defective, directive, detractive, deducting, depictive, detect, detector, detects, detecter, dedicative, destructive, distinctive, deducted, seductive, directing, detectors, directives, distractive, defecting, detracting, deflective, dejecting, defectives, deduct, depicting, reductive, deducts, deductor, addictive, protective, dejected, directed, didactic, detested, defected, dissecting, inductive, detesting, detoxing, detracted, indictive, directv, adductive, detec, advective, true detective, denotive, pet detective, detective work, distortive