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1. (n.) pronunciation
the act, manner, or result of producing the sounds of speech, including articulation, stress, and intonation.
2. pronunciation
a way of pronouncing a word, syllable, etc., that is accepted or considered correct.
3. pronunciation
the conventional patterns of treatment of the sounds of a language:
the pronunciation of French.
4. pronunciation
a phonetic transcription of a given word, sound, etc.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME pronunciacion < L prōnūntiātiō delivery (of a speech) =prōnūntiā(re) to announce, utter (see pronounce ) +-tiō -tion)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) pronunciation
the manner in which someone utters a word
"they are always correcting my pronunciation"
2. (noun) pronunciation, orthoepy
the way a word or a language is customarily spoken
"the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners"; "that is the correct pronunciation"
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1. (noun) pronunciation
the way the sounds of a word or language are spoken
Chinese pronunciation; a word with two common pronunciations
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) pronunciation
the act of uttering with articulation; the act of giving the proper sound and accent; utterance; as, the pronunciation of syllables of words; distinct or indistinct pronunciation
2. (noun) pronunciation
the mode of uttering words or sentences
3. (noun) pronunciation
the art of manner of uttering a discourse publicly with propriety and gracefulness; -- now called delivery
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