pronouncing

verb

Definition of pronouncingnext
present participle of pronounce
1
as in saying
to correctly produce the sound of (a word or letter) with one's voice How do you pronounce your last name? We practiced pronouncing our Spanish vocabulary words .

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2
as in reciting
to say or announce (something) in an official or formal way The priest pronounced the blessing. Emotions ran high in the courtroom as the judge pronounced sentence.

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3
as in proclaiming
to say officially or assertively that (something or someone) is something specified They pronounced the mission a success. She pronounced them married.

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Recent Examples of pronouncing Metro Fire crews knocked down the vehicle fire and tended to the two before pronouncing one of the victims dead at the scene. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026 Many letters are shaped like the mouth when pronouncing them. — New York Times, 17 July 2026 Arriaga’s relative brought her to Hemphill’s practice, Cuddle Kids Dental Care, after a teacher at Arriaga’s preschool suggested the girl might have a tongue tie due to her having issues with pronouncing certain letters, according to the warrant. — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026 Two months earlier, the Warren Commission had delivered its final report, pronouncing Lee Harvey Oswald guilty. — Ash Carter, Air Mail, 4 July 2026 Paramedics responded and rendered aid to the man before pronouncing him dead at the scene. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2026 Air rescuers attempted to revive Hasley but were unsuccessful, pronouncing him dead at the scene. — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026 The jury on Longet's trial was split at first, with four pronouncing her guilty of the more serious charge of reckless manslaughter, four voting for acquittal and four being undecided, per GQ. — Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026 The Pretendian hunters were not always interested in a full accounting of the facts before pronouncing a person legitimately Native or a fraud. — David Treuer, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pronouncing
  1. saying
  2. reciting
  3. proclaiming
  4. speaking
  5. uttering
  6. declaring
  7. giving
  8. announcing
Verb
  • On Monday, those five writers — also DSA-LA members — panned the idea of an endorsement, saying Raman hasn’t earned it.
    — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The display was set up by police, with authorities saying some of the bodies recovered from the floods were in an advanced state of decomposition, making physical identification difficult.
    — Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of saying
Verb
  • Bowie allegedly told other users about her oath and shared the audio file of her reciting the pledge with them.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The process can take many forms – journaling, reciting the Psalm, YouTubing the Shofar, giving tzedakah, meditating, reading.
    — Risa Polansky Shiman, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of reciting
Verb
  • Her son Spencer, 5, could be heard proclaiming his hunger in the back of the video and is seen grabbing a few slices of Parmesan cheese prepped for the salad.
    — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026
  • Carlson, who had just released a documentary called The End of Men, devoted hours of airtime to proclaiming Tate’s innocence; so did the right-wing podcaster Candace Owens.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
Definition of proclaiming
Verb
  • Billie is, broadly speaking, the most desperate character on Adults.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Sheriff Rosie Cordero Stutz said many of the board members were elderly, primarily Spanish-speaking volunteers who investigators believe did not realize what was happening.
    — Chelsea Jones, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of speaking
Verb
  • The other was a tearing beauty, a creature so lovely that one look at her sent young men’s blood pressure skyward and set them to uttering wild, hoarse cries and tearing telephone directories apart with the bare hands.
    — John Madson, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2026
  • All season, Shamea and Porsha have circled each other, barely uttering a direct word, but the tensions seep to the rest of the group, trickling into every interaction.
    — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 29 June 2026
Definition of uttering
Verb
  • The person did not elaborate on the reasons for declaring the two men ineligible.
    — Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Under current law, the President has the flexibility to order a limited drawdown, releasing up to 30 million barrels over a 60-day period, to mitigate sudden supply shocks without declaring a full-scale national emergency.
    — Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of declaring
Verb
  • YouTube‘s Pedro Pina has doubled down on the case against giving prominence to British broadcasters on digital services.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Autonomous trucking provider Gatik raised $200 million in a Series D funding round, giving the company fresh capital to scale its driverless fleet and expand its middle-mile network as demand for autonomous freight gains momentum.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of giving
Verb
  • Both Daltrey and Starkey have made public statements announcing and confirming the somewhat surprising musical reconciliation.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Aug. 2026
  • But the retail historian in me has never been able to let go of the fact that the chart is wrong, and that the wire story announcing Walmart's rise in 1991 was wrong in exactly the same way.
    — Jason Goldberg, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of announcing

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“Pronouncing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pronouncing. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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