pronounces
- 1Third-person singular simple present of pronounce.
The app pronounces each foreign word aloud at the tap of a button.
He carefully pronounces the names of every guest before the ceremony begins.
Note
The present-tense form covers every use of the verb, not just speech sounds. Besides saying a word aloud, it declares: a doctor pronounces a patient dead, an official pronounces a couple married, an expert pronounces a wine excellent. Without an object it means passing judgment, as when a court pronounces on a case. The articulating use takes the word as its object. The declaring use takes a person or thing plus its new status.
The doctor pronounces him dead at 3:15 a.m.
The critic rarely pronounces on a wine before tasting it twice.
pronounces is a form of pronounce
pronounce, verb: To sound out a word or phrase; to articulate its sounds. Full entry
- Forms
- pronouncepronounces he/she/itpronouncing -ing formpronounced past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- pronounce → pronounces: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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