Pronounce vs. Pronounciate — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Pronounce and Pronounciate
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Pronounce
To use the organs of speech to make heard (a word or speech sound); utter.
Pronounciate
To pronounce.
Pronounce
To say clearly, correctly, or in a given manner
Learning to pronounce French.
Pronounced my name wrong.
Pronounce
To represent (a word) in phonetic symbols.
Pronounce
To declare officially or formally
Pronounced the legislature to be in session.
Was pronounced dead on arrival.
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Pronounce
To say words; speak.
Pronounce
To declare one's opinion; make a pronouncement
Pronouncing on the issues of the day.
Pronounce
(transitive) To declare formally, officially or ceremoniously.
I hereby pronounce you man and wife.
Pronounce
(transitive) To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.
The doctor pronounced them legally dead.
Pronounce
(transitive) To pronounce dead.
Pronounce
(intransitive) To pass judgment.
The judge had pronounced often before, but never in front of such a crowd.
Pronounce
(transitive) To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.
Pronounce
(in passive) To sound like.
Pronounce
(intransitive) To produce the components of speech.
Actors must be able to pronounce perfectly or deliberately disabled.
Pronounce
(transitive) To read aloud.
Pronounce
To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent as, adults rarely learn to pronounce a foreign language correctly.
Pronounce
To utter officially or solemnly; to deliver, as a decree or sentence; as, to pronounce sentence of death.
Sternly he pronouncedThe rigid interdiction.
Pronounce
To speak or utter rhetorically; to deliver; to recite; as, to pronounce an oration.
Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you.
Pronounce
To declare or affirm; as, he pronounced the book to be a libel; he pronounced the act to be a fraud.
The God who hallowed thee and blessed,Pronouncing thee all good.
Pronounce
To give a pronunciation; to articulate; as, to pronounce faultlessly.
Pronounce
To make declaration; to utter on opinion; to speak with confidence.
Pronounce
Pronouncement; declaration; pronunciation.
Pronounce
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
Pronounce judgment on;
They labeled him unfit to work here
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