pronounce

1. (transitive) To declare formally, officially or ceremoniously.Examples: "Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer."; "I hereby pronounce you man and wife."transitive

2. (transitive) To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.Examples: "The doctor pronounced them legally dead."; "See there! A son is born And we pronounce him fit to fight There are blackheads on his shoulders And he pees himself in the night."; "“If any pupil considers it acceptable to bring a pet into this school, let me tell you it is forbidden. Strictly forbidden!” pronounced the headmaster from the front of the class."transitive

3. (transitive) To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.Examples: "Despite resuscitative efforts, Mr. Gray was pronounced on 4/19/2015."transitive

4. (intransitive) To pass judgment.Examples: "The judge had pronounced often before, but never in front of such a crowd."intransitive

5. (transitive) To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.Examples: "They spell it "Vinci" and pronounce it "Vinchy". Foreigners always spell better than they pronounce."; "I wanted to look up velleity and quotidian and memorize the fuckers for all time, spell them, learn them, pronounce them syllable by syllable—vocalize, phonate, utter the sounds, say the words for all they're worth."transitive

6. (transitive) To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.Examples: "The Icelandic double l in Eyjafjallajökull is pronounced tl."; "The Chinese believe feng shui, pronounced fung shway, can help blunt the ill effects to health and wealth brought on, for example, by the inauspicious jut of an adjacent building or hill."; "The DPRK (Joseon Minjujui Inmin Konghuaguk 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國) is read in Chinese as Chaoxian minzhu zhuyi renmin gonghe guo, and its capital, Pyeonyang, is pronounced Pingrang 平壤."transitive