verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a strong/broad/thick/pronounced accent (= very noticeable )
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She spoke with a strong Scottish accent.
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a broad Australian accent
pronounce a word
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How do you pronounce this word?
pronounce sb dead (= to say officially that someone is dead )
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She was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
dead
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Blech was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Bonin was pronounced dead four minutes later.
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Yorn Chin was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.
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His wife was pronounced dead at Stanford Hospital.
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His condition later worsened, and he was pronounced dead at 10: 06 a. m. Sunday.
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Six of the victims were pronounced dead at the scene.
less
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The considerably lower activity found in malignant ascites may explain why coagulopathy after shunting is less pronounced in this group of patients.
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For motors with a large number of phases the torque reduction at low speeds is less pronounced .
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Often the blue is slightly darker too and any facial markings are less pronounced .
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However, when the drug was administered orally for 18 weeks its effect was less pronounced .
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The patterns of all the estimated effects are the same, but they are less pronounced .
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When these barriers are less pronounced , as in the tin industry, the degree of verticality is reduced.
more
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The contrast between gas-rich and gas-poor magmas is much more pronounced at the viscous granitic end of the scale.
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As the story progresses, the child-like quality of the girls becomes more pronounced .
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This is more pronounced in polar liquids than in non-polar liquids.
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Those reasons are racial and class differences more pronounced than those in San Francisco and San Jose.
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Gradually they become more pronounced , as firmness and flexibility is lost.
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The sway of the platform grew more pronounced .
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It is interesting to note that the prostaglandin response was more pronounced in linoleic fed rats than in the other groups.
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The stop-and-go cycle becomes more pronounced during rush hours.
most
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The danger of inconsistency is most pronounced where the draftsman takes parts of his draft from different precedents.
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Economists said the bad news was most pronounced , and most disconcerting, in manufacturing.
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Periods of westward growth have alternated with periods when lateral development was most pronounced .
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In the early stages of abstinence, people are having a lot of difficulties and craving is most pronounced .
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What is also clear from Table 7.1 is that these changes were most pronounced after 1979.
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Simply determine which structural bad habit is most pronounced and edit for that.
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This impact was most pronounced in the relatively new-and therefore receptive-discipline of film studies.
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They are hunted mostly at night, when their aroma seems to be most pronounced .
■ NOUN
arrival
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Suddenly she collapsed and pronounced dead on arrival at Swindon's Princess Margaret Hospital.
name
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Be careful about the way you pronounce names and figures.
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Then, with more conviction, she pronounced my name .
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I noticed that he pronounced the name B'bbitt.
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She practices her opening, which includes several hard-to-pronounce personal names and political affiliations, not to mention satellite locations.
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You just think it looks good to be seen with books that nobody can pronounce the name of.
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I just wish people would learn how to pronounce his name .
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The Pope did not even pronounce the name of the city.
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The official pronounced the name with a devastating clarity, as if moved by a painful ringing in his teeth.
sentence
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Later, they pronounce a sentence .
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Some definitions Accent: the way in which people from different places pronounce words and sentences .
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They accepted the right of the vigilantes to bring the charges, to make the decision and to pronounce the sentence .
syllable
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And so, Janir, pronounced Ja-NEER: two syllables put together on a park bench on the day of his birth.
word
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Speech is not an attempt to pronounce written words .
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I cared that Jasper pronounce a word correctly, cared more than it was worth, I realize now.
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The use of these routes can be demonstrated in simple laboratory experiments which measure the time taken to start pronouncing single words .
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My weakness is pronouncing words , vocabulary.
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Some definitions Accent: the way in which people from different places pronounce words and sentences.
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I begin to pronounce the sequence of words and numbers that will prevent her from giving him a piece of her mind.
■ VERB
become
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Gradually they become more pronounced , as firmness and flexibility is lost.
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The stop-and-go cycle becomes more pronounced during rush hours.
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But the yo-yo effect has become even more pronounced .
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As the stock reduces during cooking, any undesirable flavors in the water become more pronounced .
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Personal habits are becoming more pronounced .
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In a post-industrial information economy, the differences become more pronounced and more divisive as the length and necessity of schooling increase.
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Osanna of Mantua, the marks became quite pronounced after her death, as verified by her incorrupt hands and feet.
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This difference became more pronounced the longer the eggplant had been salted.
call
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Guardians of culture were called on to pronounce and diagnose, and they did.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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How do you pronounce your last name?
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Some students find it difficult to pronounce the word "the".
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Words like 'chicken' and 'cheese' were once pronounced with a 'k'.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Andrewes, however, was among those who remained to pronounce the divorce.
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Big business dominates manufacturing and is pronounced in the transportation, communications, power utilities, and banking and financial industries.
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But when it was over, the commentator pronounced it disappointing.
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His wife was pronounced dead at Stanford Hospital.
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Insurers pronounced 1998 the worst for climate-related disasters-until 1999 came along.
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They came and they went, sometimes before the newsreaders had even learnt how to pronounce their names properly.
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Those who drowned in the loch were pronounced guilty.
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When she awoke she pronounced herself feeble, and said her bones were stiff in her skin.