pronounce
[ pruh-nouns ]
/ prəˈnaʊns /
verb (used with object), pro·nounced, pro·nounc·ing.
verb (used without object), pro·nounced, pro·nounc·ing.
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Example sentences from the Web for pronounce
Another name for judge was Dempster, the pronouncer of doom, a title which still exists in the Isle of Man.
The Romance of Names|Ernest WeekleyHe put away his stethoscope and smiled at Doggie, who regarded him blankly as the pronouncer of a doom.
The Rough Road|William John LockeThe name of this officer is equivalent to the pronouncer of doom or sentence.
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2, Illustrated|Sir Walter ScottHe was the pronouncer who was not undertaking the way to have enough listen to every one.
Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein|Gertrude Stein
British Dictionary definitions for pronounce
pronounce
/ (prəˈnaʊns) /
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 solemnlyI now pronounce you man and wife
(when tr, may take a clause as object) to declare as one's judgmentto pronounce the death sentence upon someone
(tr) to make a phonetic transcription of (sounds or words)
Derived forms of pronounce
pronounceable, adjectivepronouncer, nounWord Origin for pronounce
C14: from Latin prōnuntiāre to announce, from pro- 1 + nuntiāre to announce
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