PRONOUNCE


Meaning of PRONOUNCE in English

verb

1 make the sound of a word/letter

ADVERB

▪ clearly , distinctly

▪ correctly , properly

VERB + PRONOUNCE

▪ can , know how to

I don't know how to ~ the name of the town.

▪ be difficult to

PREPOSITION

▪ as

‘Gone back’ is sometimes ~d as ‘gom back’.

▪ as in

She ~d the ‘o’ as in ‘no’.

2 state sth

ADVERB

▪ officially

Reality TV was officially ~d dead by the critics.

PREPOSITION

▪ in favour/favor of

The committee has ~d in favour/favor of the merger.

▪ on , upon

I do not feel competent to ~ on this matter.

PHRASES

▪ be ~d dead

She was ~d dead upon arrival at the hospital.

▪ ~ yourself sth

He ~d himself delighted with the judge's decision.

Pronounce is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ blessing , ↑ judgement , ↑ name , ↑ sentence , ↑ sound , ↑ syllable , ↑ verdict , ↑ vowel , ↑ word

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .