Definition of pronounce
pronounced;
pronouncing
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
- 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
- —William Shakespeare
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