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# How to pronounce "cleeve" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/klæɪːv/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **cleeve**
- **Parts of Speech**: noun
- **NOUN**: A large wickerwork basket for carrying produce or turf.

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (4 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "cleeve" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "There has not been a decade of television without a definitive, dominant TV mom. The 1950s: June Cleever in the original comfort show, "Leave it to Beaver." Lucille Ball kept us laughing through the rise of social consciousness in the 60s."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 11:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIqABIcKIvs&t=695s)

### Example 2
> "to talk about today with my three guests welcome come to Andreas sink who is the chief political correspondent for the news agency roas in Berlin Hannah cleever is the acting editor of the local. te an online newspaper covering German news in English and orri Hamman who's the business correspondent for the German Daily Newspaper TS welcome to you all"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 1:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVr7Rahb8s4&t=90s)

### Example 3
> "offered this detective and I bought the books of Ann Cleeves. I couldn't find the character anywhere. And so I got halfway through one of them and it"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 4:23](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKD0fCVC8PU&t=263s)

### Example 4
> "you know and if it wasn't for Diane Nash and Kathleen cleever and Bob Moses and those people I wouldn't be sitting here so you know"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 76:23](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB9_IsPR6z0&t=4583s)


## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "cleeve" correctly?
"cleeve" is pronounced `/klæɪːv/`. Syllable breakdown: **cleeve**.

### What does "cleeve" mean in context?
A large wickerwork basket for carrying produce or turf.

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