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pronounce pronouncing

Main Entry: pro·nounce
Pronunciation: pr&-'naun(t)s
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): pro·nounced; pro·nounc·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French pronuncier, from Latin pronuntiare, from pro- forth + nuntiare to report, from nuntius messenger -- more at PRO-
transitive verb
1 : to declare officially or ceremoniously <the minister pronounced them husband and wife>
2 : to declare authoritatively or as an opinion <doctors pronounced him fit to resume duties>
3 a : to employ the organs of speech to produce <pronounce these words>; especially : to say correctly <I can't pronounce his name> b : to represent in printed characters the spoken counterpart of (an orthographic representation) <both dictionaries pronounce clique the same>
4 : RECITE <speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you -- Shakespeare>
intransitive verb
1 : to pass judgment
2 : to produce the components of spoken language
- pro·nounce·abil·i·ty /-"naun(t)-s&-'bi-l&-tE/ noun
- pro·nounce·able /-'naun(t)-s&-b&l/ adjective
- pro·nounc·er noun