If you have a teacher who asks the class to call him "Mr. B," it's probably because his name is really hard to pronounce. When you pronounce a word, you sound it out.
To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent
Verb
pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"
Verb
speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire''"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"
v. t.
To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to
utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent
as, adults rarely learn to pronounce a foreign language correctly.
v. t.
To utter officially or solemnly; to deliver, as a
decree or sentence; as, to pronounce sentence of death.
v. t.
To speak or utter rhetorically; to deliver; to
recite; as, to pronounce an oration.
v. t.
To declare or affirm; as, he pronounced the book to
be a libel; he pronounced the act to be a fraud.
v. i.
To give a pronunciation; to articulate; as, to
pronounce faultlessly.
v. i.
To make declaration; to utter on opinion; to speak
with confidence.
n.
Pronouncement; declaration; pronunciation.
Pronounce
Sternly he pronounced The rigid interdiction.3.
Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you.4.
The God who hallowed thee and blessed, Pronouncing thee all good.
Pronounce
Pronounce
To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent
To give a pronunciation; to articulate;
Pronouncement; declaration; pronunciation.
Usage Examples
English people don't have very good diction. In France you have to pronounce very particularly and clearly, and learning French at an early age helped me enormously.
On the one hand we publicly pronounce the equality of all peoples on the other hand, in our immigration laws, we embrace in practice these very theories we abhor and verbally condemn.
If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe.
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Other Usage ExamplesMost laws condemn the soul and pronounce sentence. The result of the law of my God is perfect. It condemns but forgives. It restores - more than abundantly - what it takes away.
It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.
Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay.
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