how to pronounce jive

/ˈdʒaɪv/

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the above transcription of jive is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

jive is pronounced in one syllable

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dʒaɪv

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An example use of jive in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… doesn't really jive with the actual real …”

meaning of jive

Jive is a type of music.

jive frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word jive occurs in english on average 1.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics jive can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that jive can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;

words with pronunciation similar to jive

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