Pronounced
adjective
1.
strongly marked:
a pronounced fishy taste.
2.
clearly indicated:
a pronounced contrast.
3.
decided; unequivocal:
pronounced views.
verb (used with object), pronounced, pronouncing.
1.
to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
2.
to utter or sound in a particular manner in speaking:
He pronounces his words indistinctly.
3.
to utter or articulate in the accepted or correct manner:
I can’t pronounce this word.
4.
to declare (a person or thing) to be as specified:
She pronounced it the best salmon she had ever tasted.
5.
to utter or deliver formally or solemnly:
to pronounce sentence.
6.
to announce authoritatively or officially:
The judge pronounced the defendant guilty.
7.
to indicate the pronunciation of (words) by providing a phonetic transcription:
This dictionary pronounces most of the words entered.
verb (used without object), pronounced, pronouncing.
8.
to pronounce words, phrases, etc.
9.
to make a statement or assertion, especially an authoritative statement (often followed by on):
He was required to pronounce on the findings of his research.
10.
to give an opinion or decision (usually followed by on):
to pronounce on an important matter.
11.
to indicate the pronunciation of words:
a spelling book that pronounces.
adjective
1.
strongly marked or indicated
2.
(of a sound) articulated with vibration of the vocal cords; voiced
verb
1.
to utter or articulate (a sound or sequence of sounds)
2.
(transitive) to utter or articulate (sounds or words) in the correct way
3.
(transitive; may take a clause as object) to proclaim officially and solemnly: I now pronounce you man and wife
4.
(when transitive, may take a clause as object) to declare as one’s judgment: to pronounce the death sentence upon someone
5.
(transitive) to make a phonetic transcription of (sounds or words)
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