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present participle of pronounce
Synonyms & Antonyms of pronouncing
1
to correctly produce the sound of (a word or letter) with one's voice
- How do you pronounce your last name?
- We practiced pronouncing our Spanish vocabulary words .
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2
to say or announce (something) in an official or formal way
- The priest pronounced the blessing.
- Emotions ran high in the courtroom as the judge pronounced sentence.
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3
to say officially or assertively that (something or someone) is something specified
- They pronounced the mission a success.
- She pronounced them married.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for pronouncing
- affirming,
- alleging,
- asserting,
- averring,
- avouching,
- avowing,
- claiming,
- contending,
- insisting,
- maintaining,
- professing,
- protesting,
- purporting,
- warranting
- advertising,
- announcing,
- annunciating,
- blaring,
- blazing,
- blazoning,
- broadcasting,
- enunciating,
- flashing,
- giving out,
- heralding,
- placarding,
- posting,
- promulgating,
- publicizing,
- publishing,
- releasing,
- sounding,
- touting,
- trumpeting
- billboarding,
- billing,
- bulletining,
- gazetting
- [chiefly British]
- disclosing,
- divulging,
- introducing,
- kithing
- (or kything)
- [chiefly Scottish],
- manifesting,
- reporting,
- revealing,
- showing
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The first known use of pronouncing was in 1764
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