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{
"term": "pronounce",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "pronounce",
"heSheIt": "pronounces"
},
"pastSimple": "pronounced",
"pastParticiple": "pronounced",
"ingForm": "pronouncing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to make the sound of a word or letter in a particular way",
"sensetop": "pronounce something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to pronounce a word/syllable/vowel/consonant"
},
{
"text": "Very few people can pronounce my name correctly."
},
{
"text": "The ‘b’ in lamb is not pronounced."
},
{
"text": "I found it difficult to pronounce the name of the port."
},
{
"text": "I don't know how to pronounce the name of the town."
},
{
"text": "She pronounced the ‘o’ as in ‘no’."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["clearly", "distinctly", "correctly"],
"verb + pronounce": ["can", "know how to", "be difficult to"],
"preposition": ["as", "as in"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to give a judgement, opinion or statement formally, officially or publicly",
"sensetop": "pronounce somethingpronounce somebody/something + nounpronounce somebody/something + adj.pronounce somebody/something to be/have somethingpronounce that…+ speechpronounce in favour of somebody/somethingpronounce for somebody/somethingpronounce against somebody/something",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to pronounce an opinion",
"contextForm": "pronounce something"
},
{
"text": "The judge will **pronounce sentence** today."
},
{
"text": "I hesitate to **pronounce judgement** in such a case."
},
{
"text": "She pronounced him the winner of the competition.",
"contextForm": "pronounce somebody/something + noun"
},
{
"text": "I now pronounce you husband and wife *(= in a marriage ceremony)*."
},
{
"text": "She was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.",
"contextForm": "pronounce somebody/something + adj."
},
{
"text": "The jury pronounced him guilty of first-degree murder."
},
{
"text": "He pronounced the country to be in a state of war.",
"contextForm": "pronounce somebody/something to be/have something"
},
{
"text": "She pronounced that an error had been made.",
"contextForm": "pronounce that…"
},
{
"text": "‘It's pneumonia,’ he pronounced gravely.",
"contextForm": "+ speech"
},
{
"text": "The committee has pronounced in favour of the merger.",
"contextForm": "pronounce in favour of somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "The judge pronounced for *(= in favour of)* the defendant.",
"contextForm": "pronounce for somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "My opinion in this case is that I must pronounce against this claim.",
"contextForm": "pronounce against somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "He pronounced himself delighted with the judge's decision."
},
{
"text": "Press reports beforehand confidently pronounced that an agreement had already been reached."
},
{
"text": "Reality TV was officially pronounced dead by the critics."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["officially"],
"preposition": ["in favour/favor of", "on", "upon"],
"phrases": ["be pronounced dead", "pronounce yourself something"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈnaʊns/",
"audio": "pr/pronounce/pronounce__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈnaʊnsɪz/",
"audio": "pr/pronounce/pronounces__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈnaʊnst/",
"audio": "pr/pronounce/pronounced__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈnaʊnsɪŋ/",
"audio": "pr/pronounce/pronouncing__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈnaʊns/",
"audio": "pr/pronounce/pronounce__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈnaʊnsɪz/",
"audio": "pr/pronounce/pronounces__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈnaʊnst/",
"audio": "pr/pronounce/pronounced__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈnaʊnsɪŋ/",
"audio": "pr/pronounce/pronouncing__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French pronuncier, from Latin pronuntiare, from pro- ‘out, forth’ + nuntiare ‘announce’ (from nuntius ‘messenger’)."
}