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pronounce on/upon He used to pronounce on matters he knew nothing about. 3 to give a judgment or opinion The scheme was pronounced a failure.

S3 verb 1 SL to make the sound of a letter, word etc, especially in the correct way → pronunciation How do you pronounce your name? 2 SAY/STATE to officially state that something is true pronounce somebody/something sth The victim was pronounced dead on arrival.

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Linguistics, Law pronounce pro‧nounce / prəˈnaʊns /

Longman dictionary pronunciation