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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Pronouncement is always a great word to know.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
Example sentences
Of course, this pronouncement keeps getting trotted out by people who haven't a
  clue or have an agenda.
The pronouncement sent petroleum traders into a temporary selling frenzy.
Furthermore, if recessions can feature lengthy upturns perhaps the panel should
  have waited even longer to make its pronouncement.
Jobs was the one whose every pronouncement on the future of technology earned
  the rapt attention of the mainstream press.
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