pronounce
[verb]
Synonyms:
- say, accent, articulate, enunciate, sound, speak
- declare, affirm, announce, decree, deliver, proclaim

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

pro‧nounce /prəˈnaʊns/ verb
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: pronuncier, from Latin pronuntiare, from nuntius 'messenger']

1. [transitive] to make the sound of a letter, word etc, especially in the correct way ⇒ pronunciation:
How do you pronounce your name?

2. [transitive] to officially state that something is true
pronounce somebody/something sth
The victim was pronounced dead on arrival.
I now pronounce you man and wife.

3. [intransitive and transitive] to give a judgment or opinion:
The scheme was pronounced a failure.
pronounce on/upon
He used to pronounce on matters he knew nothing about.

4. [intransitive and transitive] law to give a legal judgment
pronounce sentence (=tell a court of law what punishment a criminal will have)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

pronounce
verb
I. make the sound of a word/letter
ADV. clearly, distinctly | correctly, properly
VERB + PRONOUNCE can, know how to I don't know how to pronounce the name of the town.
be difficult to
PREP. as ‘Gone back’ is sometimes pronounced as ‘gom back’.
as in She pronounded the ‘o’ as in ‘no’.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

pronounce
II. state sth
ADV. confidently Press reports beforehand confidently pronounced that an agreement had already been reached.
PREP. in favour of The committee has pronounced in favour of the merger.
on/upon I do not feel competent to pronounce on this matter.

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