| Definitions of 'pronounce' |
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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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| Definitions of 'pronounce' |
Webster 1913 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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