'Pronounce' definitions:
Definition of 'pronounce'
(from WordNet)
verb
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?" [syn: pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say]
verb
Definition of 'Pronounce'
From: GCIDE
- Pronounce \Pro*nounce"\, v. i. [1913 Webster]
- 1. To give a pronunciation; to articulate; as, to pronounce faultlessly. --Earle. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make declaration; to utter on opinion; to speak with confidence. [R.] --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Pronounce'
From: GCIDE
- Pronounce \Pro*nounce"\, n. Pronouncement; declaration; pronunciation. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Pronounce'
From: GCIDE
- Pronounce \Pro*nounce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pronounced; p. pr. & vb. n. Pronounging.] [F. prononcer, L. pronunciare; pro before, forth + nunciare, nuntiare, to announce. See Announce.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent as, adults rarely learn to pronounce a foreign language correctly. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To utter officially or solemnly; to deliver, as a decree or sentence; as, to pronounce sentence of death. [1913 Webster]
- Sternly he pronounced The rigid interdiction. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To speak or utter rhetorically; to deliver; to recite; as, to pronounce an oration. [1913 Webster]
- Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To declare or affirm; as, he pronounced the book to be a libel; he pronounced the act to be a fraud. [1913 Webster]
- The God who hallowed thee and blessed, Pronouncing thee all good. --Keble. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To deliver; utter; speak. See Deliver. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pronounce'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- act on,
- affirm,
- allege,
- announce,
- annunciate,
- argue,
- articulate,
- assert,
- assever,
- asseverate,
- aver,
- avouch,
- avow,
- bid,
- breathe,
- broadcast,
- call on,
- call the signals,
- call upon,
- charge,
- chime,
- chorus,
- come out with,
- command,
- commission,
- communicate,
- condemn,
- contend,
- convey,
- declare,
- declare roundly,
- decree,
- deliver,
- dictate,
- direct,
- disclose,
- doom,
- emit,
- enjoin,
- enunciate,
- express,
- find,
- find against,
- find for,
- fling off,
- formulate,
- give,
- give an order,
- give expression,
- give notice,
- give out with,
- give the word,
- give tongue,
- give utterance,
- give voice,
- have,
- hold,
- impart,
- insist,
- instruct,
- issue a command,
- issue a manifesto,
- issue a statement,
- issue a writ,
- judge,
- lay down,
- let out,
- lip,
- maintain,
- make a statement,
- make an announcement,
- make known,
- mandate,
- manifesto,
- ordain,
- order,
- order about,
- out with,
- pass,
- pass judgment,
- pass sentence,
- phonate,
- phrase,
- pour forth,
- predicate,
- present,
- proclaim,
- profess,
- promulgate,
- pronounce judgment,
- pronounce on,
- protest,
- publicize,
- publish,
- publish a manifesto,
- put,
- put forth,
- put in words,
- put it,
- put out,
- raise,
- report,
- return a verdict,
- rule,
- say,
- say the word,
- sentence,
- set down,
- set forth,
- sound,
- speak,
- speak out,
- speak up,
- stand for,
- stand on,
- state,
- submit,
- tell,
- throw off,
- utter,
- utter a judgment,
- verbalize,
- vocalize,
- voice,
- whisper,
- word