Definitions for pronounce

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pronounce pro·nounce

Spelling: [pruh-nouns]

IPA: /prəˈnaʊns/

Pronounce is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 228 anagrams from letters in pronounce (cennoopru).

Definitions for pronounce

verb (used with object)

1. to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
2. to utter or sound in a particular manner in speaking:
3. to utter or articulate in the accepted or correct manner:
4. to declare (a person or thing) to be as specified:
5. to utter or deliver formally or solemnly:
6. to announce authoritatively or officially:
7. to indicate the pronunciation of (words) by providing a phonetic transcription:

verb (used without object)

1. to pronounce words, phrases, etc.
2. to make a statement or assertion, especially an authoritative statement (often followed by on):
3. to give an opinion or decision (usually followed by on):
4. to indicate the pronunciation of words:

Origin of pronounce

1300-50; Middle English pronouncen Middle French prononcier Latin prōnūntiāre to proclaim, announce, recite, utter. See pro-¹, anno

Examples for pronounce

Were he to die while I am speaking, we could not pronounce it an untimely death.

Never mind the word "bazaar," which you pronounce as "bizarre" and Hassan pronounces as "buzzer."

Her voice faltered so that she could not pronounce the word gratitude.

“After what seemed an eternity, but probably was 15 seconds, the doctor said, ‘I pronounce this man dead,’” Gozik recalled.

The upper elite still try to pronounce judgments and lead, but fewer and fewer of those down below pay attention.

We had the names no one could pronounce and faces of the culprits.

He was heard, under his breath, to pronounce a contemptuous Pshaw!

Now Colonel Corkran informs us that we must pronounce her, in a different way.

"Ponce de Leon," supplied Dorcas Jane, proud that she could pronounce it.

Then, Jessica Biel was very big around 2005-2010, and she had that scene in a bra in I Now pronounce You Chuck and Larry.