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pronouncement

American  
[pruh-nouns-muhnt] / prəˈnaʊns mənt /

noun

  1. a formal or authoritative statement.

  2. an opinion or decision.

  3. act of pronouncing.

pronouncement British  
/ prəˈnaʊnsmənt /

noun

  1. an official or authoritative statement or announcement

  2. the act of pronouncing, declaring, or uttering formally

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Other Word Forms

  • prepronouncement noun

Etymology

Origin of pronouncement

First recorded in 1585–95; pronounce + -ment

Example Sentences

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Presidents and political references fill his novels, but the books are without pronouncement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

He followed this with a pronouncement that he was ordering flags to be lowered to half-staff.

From Slate • Sep. 10, 2025

Presidential spokesman George Charamba expressed his disappointment about the clerics' pronouncement, telling the state-run Herald newspaper the matter was now "dead and buried".

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2025

Previously, only seven of the 27 European Union member states had made such a pronouncement.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2024

They were empty, and it seemed like her steps should be echoing through them, a pronouncement that she was passing through.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

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