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pronounce
v. utter, articulate, enunciate; declare, state; announce, proclaim


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Pronunciation
Pronunciation refers to:the way a word or a language is usually spoken;the manner in which someone utters a word.
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pronounce
Verb
1. speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"
(synonym) articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
(hyponym) twang
(entail) talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
(derivation) pronunciation, orthoepy
2. pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"
(synonym) label, judge
(hypernym) declare, adjudge, hold
(hyponym) acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate
(derivation) pronouncement, dictum, say-so


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Pronounce
(v. t.)
To utter officially or solemnly; to deliver, as a decree or sentence; as, to pronounce sentence of death.
  
 
(v. t.)
To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent as, adults rarely learn to pronounce a foreign language correctly.
  
 
(v. t.)
To speak or utter rhetorically; to deliver; to recite; as, to pronounce an oration.
  
 
(v. t.)
To declare or affirm; as, he pronounced the book to be a libel; he pronounced the act to be a fraud.
  
 
(v. i.)
To make declaration; to utter on opinion; to speak with confidence.
  
 
(v. i.)
To give a pronunciation; to articulate; as, to pronounce faultlessly.
  
 
(n.)
Pronouncement; declaration; pronunciation.
  

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About
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pronounce
Synonyms and related words:
act on, affirm, allege, announce, annunciate, argue, articulate, assert, assever, asseverate, aver, avouch, avow, bid, breathe, broadcast, call on, call the signals, call upon, charge, chime, chorus, come out with, command, commission, communicate, condemn, contend, convey, declare, declare roundly, decree, deliver, dictate, direct, disclose, doom, emit, enjoin, enunciate, express, find, find against, find for, fling off, formulate, give, give an order, give expression, give notice, give out with, give the word, give tongue, give utterance, give voice, have, hold, impart, insist, instruct, issue a command, issue a manifesto, issue a statement, issue a writ, judge, lay down, let out, lip, maintain, make a statement, make an announcement, make known, mandate, manifesto, ordain, order, order about, out with, pass, pass judgment, pass sentence, phonate, phrase, pour forth, predicate, present, proclaim, profess, promulgate, pronounce judgment, pronounce on, protest, publicize, publish, publish a manifesto, put, put forth, put in words, put it, put out, raise, report, return a verdict, rule, say, say the word, sentence, set down, set forth, sound, speak, speak out, speak up, stand for, stand on, state, submit, tell, throw off, utter, utter a judgment, verbalize, vocalize, voice, whisper, word
  

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