0 present participle of pronounce
1 to say a word or a letter in a particular way:
2 to say something officially or certainly:
[ + obj + noun/adj ] He was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
He gazed vacantly while the verdict and sentence were pronounced.
She surveyed the building and pronounced herself pleased with their work.
[ + that ] The government pronounced that they are no longer a nuclear state.
"Have I met him?" "You have indeed - I recall you pronounced the man (= said that he was) a fool."
The year 1705 is usually pronounced seventeen o five.
She pronounced Leicester phonetically as "Ley-ces-ter', but really we say "Lester".
Don't you hate the way she speaks, pronouncing each single consonant so precisely.
The phonetic alphabet shows you how to pronounce unfamiliar words.
Nowhere, however, did he actually comment upon their legality or illegality, let alone pronouncing a verdict on the very faith of the emperor.
A female experimenter gave the verbal instructions live, pronouncing them with a normal speed.
The small number of test items (10 classifiers), however, is too small for pronouncing definitively on early classifier acquisition.