Associations to the word «Pronounce»

Wiktionary

PRONOUNCE, verb. (transitive) To formally declare, officially or ceremoniously.
PRONOUNCE, verb. (intransitive) To pass judgment.
PRONOUNCE, verb. (transitive) To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.
PRONOUNCE, verb. (intransitive) To produce the components of speech.
PRONOUNCE, verb. (transitive) To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.
PRONOUNCE, verb. (transitive) To pronounce dead.
PRONOUNCE, verb. (transitive) To read aloud.

Dictionary definition

PRONOUNCE, verb. Speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?".
PRONOUNCE, verb. Pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope