How to pronounce moved in American English

IPA /muvd/ Syllables 1 · moovd

moovd

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Americans pronounce moved as moovd (/muvd/). You'll hear it in sentences like "Who moved the sugar from the cupboard?" or "They moved to a new apartment last month" — more examples below.

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Every sound in "moved".

1 syllable, 4 sounds. Explore each sound's mouth shape and how it's made.

m/m/

Press your lips together. Air flows through your nose. Vocal cords vibrate.

oo/u/

Round your lips into a tight circle. Let your tongue rest in the middle of your mouth, slightly raised.

v/v/

Lift your bottom lip so its inner edge (where the wet part meets the dry part) touches the very bottom of your top front teeth. Add vocal cord vibration as you blow air through.

d/d/

Touch the tip of your tongue to the roof of your mouth just behind your teeth. Add vocal cord vibration as you release.

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"As discussed, the meeting has been moved to Thursday afternoon."

uhz duh·SKUHST dhuh MEE·duhng huhz bihn moovd tuh THURZ·day af·ter·NOON

"I moved into the dormitory during the first week of orientation."

ahy moovd IHN·too dhuh DOR·muh·tor·ee DUUR·uhng dhuh FURST WEEK uhv or·ee·uhn·TAY·shuhn

"I was deeply moved by the kindness of complete strangers."

ahy wuhz DEE·plee moovd bahy dhuh KAHYND·nuhs uhv kuhm·PLEET STRAYN·jerz

"They moved to a new apartment last month."

dhay moovd tuh uh noo uh·PART·muhnt last muhnth

"Who moved the sugar from the cupboard?"

hoo moovd dhuh SHUU·ger fruhm dhuh KUH·berd

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Is the American pronunciation of "moved" 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 "moovd" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.