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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
pronounce
/pɹəˈnaʊns/
verb
to make the sound of a word or letter with your voice
- “The patient was pronounced brain-dead only a few hours ago.”Tatoeba
- “My fingers pronounce every word, every pause and every accent.”Tatoeba
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Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)