English verb: pronounce | |||
1. | pronounce (communication) speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way | ||
Samples | She pronounces French words in a funny way. I cannot say `zip wire'. Can the child sound out this complicated word?. | ||
Synonyms | articulate, enounce, enunciate, say, sound out | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | accent, accentuate, aspirate, click, devoice, drawl, explode, flap, labialise, labialize, lilt, lisp, mispronounce, misspeak, nasalise, nasalise, nasalize, nasalize, palatalise, palatalize, raise, retroflex, roll, round, sibilate, sound, stress, subvocalise, subvocalize, syllabise, syllabize, trill, twang, vocalise, vocalise, vocalize, vocalize, voice, vowelise, vowelize | ||
Entail | mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize | ||
2. | pronounce (communication) pronounce judgment on | ||
Samples | They labeled him unfit to work here. | ||
Synonyms | judge, label | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s something Adjective/Noun. Somebody ----s somebody something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | adjudge, declare, hold | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | acquit, assoil, clear, convict, discharge, disqualify, exculpate, exonerate, find, intonate, intone, qualify, rule, tout | ||