pronounce

[ pruh-nouns ]

/ prəˈnaʊns /

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verb (used with object), pro·nounced, pro·nounc·ing.

to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).

to utter or sound in a particular manner in speaking: He pronounces his words indistinctly.

to utter or articulate in the accepted or correct manner: I can't pronounce this word.

to declare (a person or thing) to be as specified: She pronounced it the best salmon she had ever tasted.

to utter or deliver formally or solemnly: to pronounce sentence.

to announce authoritatively or officially: The judge pronounced the defendant guilty.

to indicate the pronunciation of (words) by providing a phonetic transcription: This dictionary pronounces most of the words entered.

verb (used without object), pro·nounced, pro·nounc·ing.

to pronounce words, phrases, etc.

to make a statement or assertion, especially an authoritative statement (often followed by on): He was required to pronounce on the findings of his research.

to give an opinion or decision (usually followed by on): to pronounce on an important matter.

to indicate the pronunciation of words: a spelling book that pronounces.

Origin of pronounce

1300–50; Middle English pronouncen < Middle French prononcier < Latin prōnūntiāre to proclaim, announce, recite, utter. See pro-¹, announce

OTHER WORDS FROM pronounce

pro·nounce·a·ble, adjective pro·nounce·a·ble·ness, noun pro·nounc·er, noun pre·pro·nounce, verb (used with object), pre·pro·nounced, pre·pro·nounc·ing.

un·pro·nounce·a·ble, adjective un·pro·nounc·ing, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH pronounce

announce enunciate pronounce (see synonym study at announce)

Words nearby pronounce

pronominal, pronominalize, pronormoblast, pronotum, pronoun, pronounce, pronounced, pronouncement, pronto, pronuclear, pronucleus

Example sentences from the Web for pronounce

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“After what seemed an eternity, but probably was 15 seconds, the doctor said, ‘I pronounce this man dead,’” Gozik recalled.

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The upper elite still try to pronounce judgments and lead, but fewer and fewer of those down below pay attention.

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We had the names no one could pronounce and faces of the culprits.

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Once on this point, the connoisseur will pronounce in favour of the expressive Adagio.

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Impostors alone can pronounce it necessary to discredit experience and reject reason.

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There was no one to pronounce him the slave of that most endearing of tyrants, the artistic temperament.

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Long before the critic can pronounce upon its merits, it will be found in the hands of thousands.

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British Dictionary definitions for pronounce

pronounce

/ (prəˈnaʊns) /

verb

to utter or articulate (a sound or sequence of sounds)

(tr) to utter or articulate (sounds or words) in the correct way

(tr; may take a clause as object) to proclaim officially and solemnly I now pronounce you man and wife

(when tr, may take a clause as object) to declare as one's judgment to pronounce the death sentence upon someone

(tr) to make a phonetic transcription of (sounds or words)

Derived forms of pronounce

pronounceable, adjective pronouncer, noun

Word Origin for pronounce

C14: from Latin prōnuntiāre to announce, from pro- 1 + nuntiāre to announce

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verb (used with object), pro·nounced, pro·nounc·ing.

verb (used without object), pro·nounced, pro·nounc·ing.

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