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1. (v.t.) pronounce
to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
2. pronounce
to utter or articulate in the accepted or correct manner:
I can't pronounce this unfamiliar word.
3. pronounce
to declare (a person or thing) to be as specified:
She pronounced it the best book she had ever read.
4. pronounce
to utter or deliver formally or solemnly:
to pronounce sentence.
5. pronounce
to announce authoritatively or officially.
6. pronounce
to indicate the pronunciation of (words) by providing a phonetic transcription.
7. (v.i.) pronounce
to pronounce words, phrases, etc.
8. pronounce
to make an authoritative statement (often fol. by on).
Etymology: (1300–50; ME < MF prononcier < L prōnūntiāre to proclaim, announce, recite, utter)
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| Definition of 'Pronounce' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
"She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"
2. (verb) pronounce, label, judge
pronounce judgment on
"They labeled him unfit to work here"
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1. (verb) pronounce
to say a word in a particular way
How do you pronounce your name?; I'm not sure if I'm pronouncing that correctly.
2. pronounce
to make an official or legal statement
I now pronounce you man and wife.; The mayor pronounced the facility to be officially open.
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| Definition of 'Pronounce' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Pronounce
pronouncement; declaration; pronunciation
2. (verb) Pronounce
to utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent as, adults rarely learn to pronounce a foreign language correctly
3. (verb) Pronounce
to utter officially or solemnly; to deliver, as a decree or sentence; as, to pronounce sentence of death
4. (verb) Pronounce
to speak or utter rhetorically; to deliver; to recite; as, to pronounce an oration
5. (verb) Pronounce
to declare or affirm; as, he pronounced the book to be a libel; he pronounced the act to be a fraud
6. (verb) Pronounce
to give a pronunciation; to articulate; as, to pronounce faultlessly
7. (verb) Pronounce
to make declaration; to utter on opinion; to speak with confidence
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Sense: to speak (words or sounds, especially in a certain way)
He pronounced my name wrongly; The `b' in `lamb' and the `k' in `knob' are not pronounced.
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 Afrikaans: uitspreek |
 Arabic: يَلْفُظ |
 Bulgarian: произнасям |
 Brazilian: pronunciar |
 Czech: vyslovovat |
 German: aussprechen |
 Danish: udtale |
 Greek: προφέρω |
 Spanish: pronunciar |
 Estonian: hääldama |
 Farsi: تلفظ کردن |
 Finnish: ääntää |
 French: prononcer |
 Hebrew: לְבַטֵא |
 Hindi: उच्चारण करना |
 Hungarian: (ki)ejt |
 Indonesian: mengucapkan |
 Icelandic: bera fram |
 Italian: pronunciare |
 Japanese: 発音する |
 Korean: 발음하다 |
 Lithuanian: tarti |
 Latvian: izrunāt |
 Malay: menyebut |
 Dutch: uitspreken |
 Norwegian: uttale |
 Polish: wymawiać |
 Persian: تلفظ کردن |
 Pashto: تلفظ ، ويل |
 Portuguese: pronunciar |
 Romanian: a pronunţa |
 Russian: произносить(ся) |
 Slovak: vyslovovať |
 Slovenian: izgovarjati |
 Serbian: izgovoriti |
 Swedish: uttala |
 Thai: ออกเสียง |
 Turkish: telaffuz etmek, sesletmek |
 Taiwanese: 發音 |
 Ukrainian: промовляти, вимовляти |
 Urdu: بولنا، تلفظ کرنا |
 Vietnamese: phát âm |
 Chinese: 发音 |
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