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P0595700 (prə-nouns′)v. pro·nounced, pro·nounc·ing, pro·nounc·es v.tr.1. a. To use the organs of speech to make heard (a word or speech sound); utter.b. To say clearly, correctly, or in a given manner: learning to pronounce French; pronounced my name wrong.2. To represent (a word) in phonetic symbols.3. To declare officially or formally: pronounced the legislature to be in session; was pronounced dead on arrival.v.intr.1. To say words; speak.2. To declare one's opinion; make a pronouncement: pronouncing on the issues of the day.

[Middle English pronouncen, from Old French prononcier, from Latin prōnūntiāre : prō-, forth; see pro-¹ + nūntiāre, to announce (from nūntius, messenger; see neu- in Indo-European roots).]

pro·nounce′a·ble adj.pro·nounc′er n.

pronounce

(prəˈnaʊns) vb1. (Phonetics & Phonology) to utter or articulate (a sound or sequence of sounds)2. (Phonetics & Phonology) (tr) to utter or articulate (sounds or words) in the correct way3. (tr; may take a clause as object) to proclaim officially and solemnly: I now pronounce you man and wife. 4. (when tr, may take a clause as object) to declare as one's judgment: to pronounce the death sentence upon someone. 5. (Phonetics & Phonology) (tr) to make a phonetic transcription of (sounds or words)[C14: from Latin prōnuntiāre to announce, from pro-¹ + nuntiāre to announce] proˈnounceable adj proˈnouncer n

pro•nounce

(prəˈnaʊns)

v. -nounced, -nounc•ing. v.t. 1. to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.). 2. to utter or articulate in the accepted or correct manner: I can't pronounce this unfamiliar word. 3. to declare (a person or thing) to be as specified: She pronounced it the best book she had ever read. 4. to utter or deliver formally or solemnly: to pronounce sentence. 5. to announce authoritatively or officially. 6. to indicate the pronunciation of (words) by providing a phonetic transcription. v.i. 7. to pronounce words, phrases, etc. 8. to make an authoritative statement (often fol. by on). [1300–50; Middle English < Middle French prononcier < Latin prōnūntiāre to proclaim, announce, recite, utter] pro•nounce′a•ble, adj. pro•nounc′er, n.

pronounce

Past participle: pronounced
Gerund: pronouncing

Imperative
pronounce
pronounce

Present
I pronounce
you pronounce
he/she/it pronounces
we pronounce
you pronounce
they pronounce

Preterite
I pronounced
you pronounced
he/she/it pronounced
we pronounced
you pronounced
they pronounced

Present Continuous
I am pronouncing
you are pronouncing
he/she/it is pronouncing
we are pronouncing
you are pronouncing
they are pronouncing

Present Perfect
I have pronounced
you have pronounced
he/she/it has pronounced
we have pronounced
you have pronounced
they have pronounced

Past Continuous
I was pronouncing
you were pronouncing
he/she/it was pronouncing
we were pronouncing
you were pronouncing
they were pronouncing

Past Perfect
I had pronounced
you had pronounced
he/she/it had pronounced
we had pronounced
you had pronounced
they had pronounced

Future
I will pronounce
you will pronounce
he/she/it will pronounce
we will pronounce
you will pronounce
they will pronounce

Future Perfect
I will have pronounced
you will have pronounced
he/she/it will have pronounced
we will have pronounced
you will have pronounced
they will have pronounced

Future Continuous
I will be pronouncing
you will be pronouncing
he/she/it will be pronouncing
we will be pronouncing
you will be pronouncing
they will be pronouncing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been pronouncing
you have been pronouncing
he/she/it has been pronouncing
we have been pronouncing
you have been pronouncing
they have been pronouncing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been pronouncing
you will have been pronouncing
he/she/it will have been pronouncing
we will have been pronouncing
you will have been pronouncing
they will have been pronouncing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been pronouncing
you had been pronouncing
he/she/it had been pronouncing
we had been pronouncing
you had been pronouncing
they had been pronouncing

Conditional
I would pronounce
you would pronounce
he/she/it would pronounce
we would pronounce
you would pronounce
they would pronounce

Past Conditional
I would have pronounced
you would have pronounced
he/she/it would have pronounced
we would have pronounced
you would have pronounced
they would have pronounced

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	pronounce - speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"enounce, enunciate, sound out, articulate, saytwang - pronounce with a nasal twangdevoice - utter with tense vocal chordsraise - pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth; "raise your `o'"lilt - articulate in a very careful and rhythmic waypalatalise, palatalize - pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palatenasalise, nasalize - pronounce with a lowered velum; "She nasalizes all her vowels"nasalise, nasalize - speak nasally or through the nose; "In this part of the country, people tend to nasalize"mispronounce, misspeak - pronounce a word incorrectly; "She mispronounces many Latinate words"aspirate - pronounce with aspiration; of stop soundsvocalize, voice, vocalise, sound - utter with vibrating vocal chordsretroflex - articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate; "Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants"subvocalise, subvocalize - articulate without making audible sounds; "she was reading to herself and merely subvocalized"syllabise, syllabize - utter with distinct articulation of each syllable; "The poet syllabized the verses he read"drawl - lengthen and slow down or draw out; "drawl one's vowels"labialise, labialize, round - pronounce with rounded lipslisp - speak with a lispaccent, accentuate, stress - put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"vowelise, vowelize, vocalise, vocalize - pronounce as a vowel; "between two consonants, this liquid is vowelized"click - produce a click; "Xhosa speakers click"trill - pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme `r'; "Some speakers trill their r's"sibilate - pronounce with an initial sibilantflap - pronounce with a flap, of alveolar soundsexplode - cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/roll - pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/; "She rolls her r's"
	2.	pronounce - pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"label, judgeadjudge, declare, hold - declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent"acquit, assoil, exculpate, exonerate, discharge, clear - pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"convict - find or declare guilty; "The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced"tout - advertize in strongly positive terms; "This product was touted as a revolutionary invention"rule, find - decide on and make a declaration about; "find someone guilty"qualify - pronounce fit or able; "She was qualified to run the marathon"; "They nurses were qualified to administer the injections"disqualify - declare unfit; "She was disqualified for the Olympics because she was a professional athlete"intonate, intone - speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone; "please intonate with sadness"

pronounce

verb1. say, speak, voice, stress, sound, utter, articulate, enunciate, vocalize Have I pronounced your name correctly?2. declare, announce, judge, deliver, assert, proclaim, decree, affirm A specialist has pronounced him fully fit. They took time to pronounce their verdict.

pronounce

verbTo produce or make (speech sounds):articulate, enunciate, say, utter, vocalize.

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pronounce

(prəˈnauns) verb1. to speak (words or sounds, especially in a certain way). He pronounced my name wrongly; The `b' in `lamb' and the `k' in `knob' are not pronounced.发音2. to announce officially or formally. He pronounced judgement on the prisoner. 宣布，宣判 proˈnounceable adjective (negative unpronounceable) able to be pronounced. 可发音的proˈnounced adjective noticeable; definite. He walks with a pronounced limp. 明显的，明确的 proˈnouncement noun an announcement. 公告，声明 proˌnunciˈation (-nansi-) noun the act, or a way, of saying a word etc. She had difficulty with the pronunciation of his name.发音

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