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pronouncement en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Anglo-Norman and Old French prononcement. By surface analysis, pronounce + -ment. Doublet of pronunciamento.

Meanings

  1. An official public announcement.
    • The trial concluded with the pronouncement of a guilty verdict.
  2. An utterance.
    • This grinchy pronouncement by the president had the value of being truthful. 2025 April 30, Shawn McCreesh, “Trump, on Tariffs, Says ‘Maybe the Children Will Have 2 Dolls Instead of 30’”, in The New York Times, New York City, retrieved 30 Apr 2025:
    • His pronouncements carried great authority, but his physical difficulties often caused them to be enigmatic in their brevity. 2018 March 14, Roger Penrose, “'Mind over matter': Stephen Hawking – obituary”, in The Guardian:
    • Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment. 2012 July 18, Scott Tobias, “The Dark Knight Rises”, in AV Club:

Forms

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Synonyms

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Translations (17)

pt pronunciamento (an official public announcement) · kk мәлімдеме (an utterance) · kk жариялау (an official public announcement) · bg изказване (an utterance) · ru вынесе́ние (an official public announcement) · bg декларация (an official public announcement) · es pronunciamiento (an official public announcement) · es prolación (an utterance) · fi julistus (an official public announcement) · kk құлақтандыру (an official public announcement) · ru заявле́ние (an official public announcement) · bg обявяване (an official public announcement) · pl oświadczenie (an official public announcement) · mi tātaku (an utterance) · kk жарияланым (an utterance) · la effātum (an official public announcement) · fi ilmoitus (an official public announcement)