The judge pronounced final judgment on the prisoner.
•The family all pronounced a positive opinion on the cake.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
pronounce — [[t]prəna͟ʊns[/t]] pronounces, pronouncing, pronounced 1) VERB To pronounce a word means to say it using particular sounds. [V n] Have I pronounced your name correctly?... [V n n] He pronounced it Per sha, the way the English do. 2) VERB If you… … English dictionary
pronounce someone dead — phrase to state as an official medical fact that someone is dead He was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital. Thesaurus: to announce something officially or formallysynonym Main entry: pronounce … Useful english dictionary
pronounce — [prə nouns′, prōnouns′] vt. pronounced, pronouncing [ME pronouncen < OFr pronuncier < L pronuntiare < pro , before + nuntiare, to announce < nuntius, messenger: see PRO 2 & NUNCIO] 1. to say or declare officially, solemnly, or with… … English World dictionary
pronounce — pro|nounce [ prə nauns ] verb transitive ** 1. ) to say the sounds of letters or words: I find some Japanese words very difficult to pronounce. Busy is pronounced to rhyme with dizzy. Did I pronounce your name correctly? 2. ) FORMAL to formally… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
tongue — tongue1 [ tʌŋ ] noun ** ▸ 1 organ in mouth ▸ 2 language ▸ 3 way of speaking/writing ▸ 4 animal tongue as food ▸ 5 long narrow piece ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count the long soft piece of flesh attached to the bottom of your mouth that you use for tasting … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
aspiration */ — UK [ˌæspɪˈreɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms aspiration : singular aspiration plural aspirations 1) [countable, usually plural] something that you want to achieve, or the wish to achieve something He has no political aspirations. aspiration to do… … English dictionary
Hume on human understanding — David Hume on human understanding Anne Jaap Jacobson David Hume’s A Treatise of Human Nature1 was published before he was 30 years old. It is often said to be the greatest philosophical work written in English. Bold and ambitious, it is designed… … History of philosophy
List of shibboleths — Below are listed various examples of shibboleths. Note that many apocryphal shibboleths exist, and that since, by definition, shibboleths rely on stereotypical pronunciation traits, they may not accurately describe the speech of all members of… … Wikipedia
say — say1 W1S1 [seı] v past tense and past participle said [sed] third person singular says [sez] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(express something in words)¦ 2¦(give information)¦ 3¦(mean)¦ 4¦(think that something is true)¦ 5¦(show/be a sign of something)¦ 6¦(speak the… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Hume: moral and political philosophy — Rosalind Hursthouse INTRODUCTION Hume’s moral and political philosophy, like his epistemology and meta physics, originally appeared in A Treatise of Human Nature, (henceforth [7.1]), Book III of which, ‘Of Morals’, was published in 1740. He… … History of philosophy
Indian English — is an umbrella term used to describe dialects of the English language spoken primarily in the Republic of India. As a result of British colonial rule until Indian independence in 1947, English remains an official language of India and continues… … Wikipedia
