pronounce.
To declare formally, officially or ceremoniously.
Meaning & usage
To declare formally, officially or ceremoniously.
I hereby pronounce you man and wife.
To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.
The doctor pronounced them legally dead.
Lily was pronounced dead at the scene.
To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion. To pronounce dead.
To pass judgment.
The judge had pronounced often before, but never in front of such a crowd.
To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.
To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate. To sound like.
The Icelandic double l in Eyjafjallajökull is pronounced tl.
To produce the components of speech.
Actors must be able to pronounce perfectly or deliberately disabled.
To read aloud.
To emphasize, highlight.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Latin nūntius Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin nūntiō Latin prōnūntiōbor. Old French prononcierbor. Middle English pronouncen English pronounce Recorded since c.1330 as Middle English pronouncen (“to utter, declare officially”), from Old French prononcier, from Latin prōnūntiō, itself from prō- (“forth, out, in public”) + nūntiō (“to announce”) from nūntius (“messenger”).
Eggcorn of pronouns.
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