pronounce
verb (used with object)
to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
have pronounced
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present perfectof pronounce.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Critics have pronounced the genre dead just as many times as they’ve proclaimed its resurrection as soon as another string of hits comes along.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2025
In the letter, Lord Mandelson said "the basic development work has been thoroughly evaluated by independent experts who have pronounced it viable, robust and of a design which should accommodate future technological developments".
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2024
Carolyn may have pronounced her last name “coy” but there was nothing coy about her.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 24, 2022
But the crew member remembers Gutierrez Reed as being the one to have pronounced the gun “cold.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2021
They it is who tend to be always insisting this or that figure is the one to emulate, or repeating what some particular hero is said to have pronounced upon professional matters.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
