pronouncement

Use in a sentence

pro·nounce·ment

[pruh-nouns-muhnt]
noun
1.
a formal or authoritative statement.
2.
an opinion or decision.
3.
act of pronouncing.

Origin:
1585–95; pronounce + -ment

pre·pro·nounce·ment, noun
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pronouncement (prəˈnaʊnsmənt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  an official or authoritative statement or announcement
2.  the act of pronouncing, declaring, or uttering formally

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Example sentences
Jobs was the one whose every pronouncement on the future of technology earned
  the rapt attention of the mainstream press.
My doctor's formal pronouncement roused me to action.
Once, he called me up to ask about some new papal pronouncement.
Though a characteristically exaggerated pronouncement, it is undeniable that
  there is a soupçon of truth in it.
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