How to pronounce move in American English
MOOV
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Americans pronounce move as MOOV (/muv/).
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Why it sounds different
Why "move" sounds like MOOV.
The "" at the end of "" flows directly into the vowel starting "" — the consonant migrates to the next word with no pause between. This is called the Consonant-to-Vowel Linking, the way sentences stop sounding like a list and start sounding like speech. It comes out as MOOV.
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"Cover the curve with a clever move."
KUH·ver dhuh KURV wihth uh KLEH·ver MOOV
"Her decision to move to a new city was a surprise."
her duh·SIH·zhuhn tuh MOOV tuh uh noo SIH·dee wuhz uh ser·PRAHYZ
"I hope we can put this behind us and move forward together."
ahy HOHP wee kuhn PUUT dhihs buh·HAHYND uhs and MOOV FOR·werd tuh·GEH·dher
"Move the loose tool to the new room soon."
MOOV dhuh LOOS TOOL tuh dhuh noo ROOM SOON
"Move the messy map to the middle."
MOOV dhuh MEH·see MAP tuh dhuh MIH·duhl
"She asked if we could move the lunch to an earlier time."
shee ASKT ihf wee kuud MOOV dhuh LUHNCH tuh uhn UR·lee·er TAHYM
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Is the American pronunciation of "move" different from British English?
American English uses different vowel shapes, a relaxed retroflex R, and connected-speech tricks like flap-T and glottal-stop T that British Received Pronunciation generally avoids. The respell "MOOV" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.
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