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pronounce
[ pruh-nouns ]
verb (used with object)
- to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
- to utter or sound in a particular manner in speaking:
He pronounces his words indistinctly.
- to utter or articulate in the accepted or correct manner:
I can't pronounce this word.
- to declare (a person or thing) to be as specified:
She pronounced it the best salmon she had ever tasted.
- to utter or deliver formally or solemnly:
to pronounce sentence.
- to announce authoritatively or officially:
The judge pronounced the defendant guilty.
- to indicate the pronunciation of (words) by providing a phonetic transcription:
This dictionary pronounces most of the words entered.
verb (used without object)
- to pronounce words, phrases, etc.
- 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.
- to give an opinion or decision (usually followed by on ):
to pronounce on an important matter.
- to indicate the pronunciation of words:
a spelling book that pronounces.
pronounce
/ əˈԲʊԲ /
verb
- to utter or articulate (a sound or sequence of sounds)
- tr to utter or articulate (sounds or words) in the correct way
- tr; may take a clause as object to proclaim officially and solemnly
I now pronounce you man and wife
- when tr, may take a clause as object to declare as one's judgment
to pronounce the death sentence upon someone
- tr to make a phonetic transcription of (sounds or words)
Derived Forms
- ˈԴdzܲԳ, noun
- ˈԴdzܲԳ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ·ԴdzܲԳa· adjective
- ·ԴdzܲԳa··ness noun
- ·ԴdzܲԳİ noun
- p·ԴdzܲԳ verb (used with object) prepronounced prepronouncing
- un·ԴdzܲԳa· adjective
- ܲp·ԴdzܲԳiԲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of pronounce1
Word History and Origins
Origin of pronounce1
Example Sentences
He’s a charming voice actor, and she pronounces every word through her nostrils, so they balance each other out better than any other couple on the show.
Officials arrived to a “wooded area along the banks of the Roaring Branch River” where first responders “attempted life saving measures” on Nyweide, who was pronounced dead at the scene less than an hour later.
Police Scotland said the teenager, who has not been named, was pronounced dead at the scene, near the Shetland Catch fish factory.
Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded to the incident and pronounced the man dead at the scene.
The 14-year-old son was resuscitated, but the father was later pronounced dead.
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