Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to, designed for, or showing pronunciation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to, indicating, or teaching pronunciation: as, a pronouncing dictionary.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to, or indicating, pronunciation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
pronounce .
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Examples
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Writing to her nephew, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, Katherine audaciously (but privately) lambastes the pope for his delay in pronouncing upon the issue that would define Henry's reign: his divorce of Katherine, an older wife who was almost certain never to bear him a son.
Exhibit review of 'Vivat Rex!' at the Folger Shakespeare Library Philip Kennicott 2010
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How many others are waiting for Anonsters to dazzle us with his knowledge on IQ, human genetics, heritability, seeing how bold he is in pronouncing judgment on those who lack the competence he so manifestly possesses?
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Kristin .... you can forget about the fear of pronouncing & recording a French word containing a French "r" - as you mentioned last time.
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Especially because, after the thirteenth or fourteenth kind of meat, you begin pronouncing it portentously.
In the midst of roller derby, we are in boyfriend. mcurry 2008
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You are certainly right, although with English speakers I noticed mostly the differences in pronouncing vowels, not consonants (like "a" in tomato differs between English and Americans).
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You are certainly right, although with English speakers I noticed mostly the differences in pronouncing vowels, not consonants (like "a" in tomato differs between English and Americans).
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You are certainly right, although with English speakers I noticed mostly the differences in pronouncing vowels, not consonants (like "a" in tomato differs between English and Americans).
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You are certainly right, although with English speakers I noticed mostly the differences in pronouncing vowels, not consonants (like "a" in tomato differs between English and Americans).
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You are certainly right, although with English speakers I noticed mostly the differences in pronouncing vowels, not consonants (like "a" in tomato differs between English and Americans).
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You are certainly right, although with English speakers I noticed mostly the differences in pronouncing vowels, not consonants (like "a" in tomato differs between English and Americans).
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