pronounce

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To declare formally, officially or ceremoniously.

   • I hereby pronounce you man and wife.
2. 2

   To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.

   • 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.
3. 3

   To pass judgment.

   • The judge had pronounced often before, but never in front of such a crowd.
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   1. 4

      To sound out (a word or phrase)

      To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.

      • They spell it "Vinci" and pronounce it "Vinchy". Foreigners always spell better than they pronounce.
      • I wanted to look up velleity and quotidian and memorize the fuckers for all time, spell them, learn them, pronounce them syllable by syllable—vocalize, phonate, utter the sounds, say the words for all they're worth.
   2. 5

      To produce the components of speech.

      • Actors must be able to pronounce perfectly or deliberately disabled.
   3. 6

      To read aloud.

   4. 7

      To emphasize, highlight.

      • The two men standing are facing with their backs towards the audience, wearing tight knitted garments that pronounce their bottoms.
      • Bro I've been saying this for the longest time. The problem is that this country loves gossip bro. It pronounces how shallow thinking we are and becoming a lucrative ground for narratives to fog our thinking if we don't outsource it.
   5. 8

      Eggcorn of pronouns.

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