pronounceverb [ T ]
uk/prəˈnaʊns/us/prəˈnaʊns/pronounce verb [ T ] (MAKE SOUND)
B1 to say a word or a letter in a particular way:
How do you pronounce your surname?
She pronounced his name so badly he didn't even recognize it.
Sade, pronounced shah-day, is a singer.
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- Have I pronounced your name correctly?
- The year 1705 is usually pronounced seventeen o five.
- She pronounced Leicester phonetically as "Ley-ces-ter', but really we say "Lester".
- Don't you hate the way she speaks, pronouncing each single consonant so precisely.
- The phonetic alphabet shows you how to pronounce unfamiliar words.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Ways of speaking
- accent
- accentuate
- aitch
- asperity
- BBC English
- cut glass
- get your tongue around/round sth idiom
- intone
- lenis
- modulate
- monotone
- plummy
- pragmatics
- singsong
- soft-spoken
- sotto voce
- speech therapy
- spoken
- stumble
- trip off the tongue idiom
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Linguistics: phonology & phonetics
pronounce verb [ T ] (TO STATE)
formal to say something officially or certainly:
[ + obj + noun/adj ] He was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The jury pronounced him guilty.
He gazed vacantly while the verdict and sentence were pronounced.
She surveyed the building and pronounced herself pleased with their work.
[ + that ] The government pronounced that they are no longer a nuclear state.
"Have I met him?" "You have indeed - I recall you pronounced the man (= said that he was) a fool."
The dessert was tried and pronounced delicious.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Announcing, informing & stating
- acquaint sb/yourself with sth
- advise
- advisement
- annunciation
- awake
- come out
- confront
- declare
- fyi
- give sb a heads up idiom
- hand
- head
- let sb know idiom
- official
- pronouncement
- put
- put sth out 1
- spread the word idiom
- tell
- unannounced
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Phrasal verb(s)
pronounce on/upon sth