pronounce Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
sound out; enunciate; articulate; say; enounce.
- She pronounces French words in a funny way
- I cannot say `zip wire'
- Can the child sound out this complicated word?
verb pronounce judgment on
judge; label.
- They labeled him unfit to work here

F. prononcer, L. pronunciare; pro before, forth + nunciare, nuntiare, to announce. See Announce.

imperfect & past participle Pronounced ; present participle & verbal noun Pronounging

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.
To utter officially or solemnly; to deliver, as a decree or sentence; as, to pronounce sentence of death.
Sternly he pronounced The rigid interdiction. Milton.
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. Shak.
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. Keble.
Syn. -- To deliver; utter; speak. See Deliver.

To give a pronunciation; to articulate; as, to pronounce faultlessly. Earle.
To make declaration; to utter on opinion; to speak with confidence. R. Dr. H. More.