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pronounceverb to correctly produce the sound of (a word or letter) with one's voiceHow do you pronounce your last name? We practiced pronouncing our Spanish vocabulary words . sayarticulate, enunciateexpress, speak, talk, tell, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voicespeak out, speak up falter, grunt, halt, hesitate, maunder, splutter, sputter, stammer, stumble, stuttermouth, mumble, murmur, mutter, whisperbreathe, drawl, gasp to say or announce (something) in an official or formal wayThe priest pronounced the blessing. Emotions ran high in the courtroom as the judge pronounced sentence. deliver, givereel off, recite, set forth, state, utter, voicedecide, determine, settle, rule (on), resolveadjudge, adjudicate, arbitrate, judge, referee, umpireadvertise, announce, broadcast, declare, proclaim, publicize, publish, soundcall, command, decree, dictate, direct, mandate, ordain, orderconstitute, enact, lay down, legislate, make, passreenact, repassbring about, effectallow, authorize, permit, sanctionadminister, executeapprove, confirm, ratify conceal, hush (up), silence, suppress, withholdrecall, recant, retract, revokecancel, countermand, rescindrepeal, rescind, revokeabolish, abrogate, annul, invalidate, kill, nullifyoverturn, reverse, void to say officially or assertively that (something or someone) is something specifiedThey pronounced the mission a success. She pronounced them married. declare, proclaimaffirm, allege, assert, aver, avouch, avow, claim, contend, insist, maintain, profess, protest, purport, warrantadvertise, announce, annunciate, blare, blaze, blazon, broadcast, enunciate, flash, give out, herald, placard, post, promulgate, publicize, publish, release, sound, tout, trumpetbark, call (off or out), crybill, billboard, bulletin, gazette(chiefly British)knell, ring, tollblurb, feature, pitch, plug, promote, puffdisseminate, spreaddisclose, divulge, introduce, kithe(chiefly Scottish), manifest, report, reveal, showadvise, apprise, hand down, inform, notifycommunicate, impart, intimateargue, rationalize, reasonconfirm, justify, vindicatedefend, persevere, support, upholdreaffirm, reassertbeat the drum (for or about), run with disregard, ignore, neglect, overlookconceal, hush (up), silence, suppress, withholdminimize, understateunderplayde-emphasize, downplay, play down, soft-pedalrecall, recant, retract, revokeabandondisavow, disclaim, disown, negate, negative, reject, repudiatechallenge, dispute, questionconfute, disprove, rebut, refutecontradict, counterdeny, gainsay in the 14th century |