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verb (used with object)
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to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
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to utter or sound in a particular manner in speaking: He pronounces his words indistinctly.
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to utter or articulate in the accepted or correct manner: I can't pronounce this word.
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to declare (a person or thing) to be as specified: She pronounced it the best salmon she had ever tasted.
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EXPANDto utter or deliver formally or solemnly: to pronounce sentence.
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to announce authoritatively or officially: The judge pronounced the defendant guilty.
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COLLAPSEto indicate the pronunciation of (words) by providing a phonetic transcription: This dictionary pronounces most of the words entered.
verb (used without object)
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to pronounce words, phrases, etc.
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to make a statement or assertion, especially an authoritative statement (often followed by on): He was required to pronounce on the findings of his research.
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to indicate the pronunciation of words: a spelling book that pronounces.
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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English pronouncen < Middle French prononcier < Latin prōnūntiāre to proclaim, announce, recite, utter. See pro-1, announce
1300–50; Middle English pronouncen < Middle French prononcier < Latin prōnūntiāre to proclaim, announce, recite, utter. See pro-1, announce
Related forms
pro·nounce·a·ble, adjective
pro·nounce·a·ble·ness, noun
pro·nounc·er, noun
pre·pro·nounce, verb (used with object), -nounced, -nounc·ing.
un·pro·nounce·a·ble, adjective
EXPANDun·pro·nounc·ing, adjective
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Word Origin & History
pronounce
early 14c., "to utter, declare officially," from O.Fr. pronuncier (late 13c.), from L.L. pronunciare, from L. pronuntiare "to proclaim, announce, pronounce," from pro- "forth, out, in public" + nuntiare "announce," from nuntius "messenger" (see nuncio). With ref. to the mode
EXPANDof sounding words or languages, it is attested from c.1620 (but cf. pronunciation in this sense early 15c.). Pronounced, with the fig. meaning "emphatic," first attested c.1730.
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