Pronounce

/pɹəˈnaʊns/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To declare formally, officially or ceremoniously..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To declare formally, officially or ceremoniously.
2. (transitive) To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.
3. (intransitive) To pass judgment.
4. (transitive) To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.
5. (intransitive) To produce the components of speech.
6. (transitive) To read aloud.
7. (transitive) To emphasize, highlight.
8. Eggcorn of pronouns.

Example Sentences

I hereby pronounce you man and wife.

Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.

The doctor pronounced them legally dead.

Lily was pronounced dead at the scene.

See there! A son is born And we pronounce him fit to fight There are blackheads on his shoulders And he pees himself in the night.

“If any pupil considers it acceptable to bring a pet into this school, let me tell you it is forbidden. Strictly forbidden!” pronounced the headmaster from the front of the class.

Paramedics attended, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The judge had pronounced often before, but never in front of such a crowd.

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• pronounces
• pronouncing
• pronounced

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