But when it was over, the commentator pronounced it disappointing.Big business dominates manufacturing and is pronounced in the transportation, communications, power utilities, and banking and financial industries.When she awoke she pronounced herself feeble, and said her bones were stiff in her skin.Those who drowned in the loch were pronounced guilty.His wife was pronounced dead at Stanford Hospital.Insurers pronounced 1998 the worst for climate-related disasters-until 1999 came along.4 law SCL to give a legal judgment pronounce sentence (=tell a court of law what punishment a criminal will have ) → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus pronounce pronounce on/upon He used to pronounce on matters he knew nothing about. 3 to give a judgment or opinion The scheme was pronounced a failure. S3 verb 1 SL to make the sound of a letter, word etc, especially in the correct way → pronunciation How do you pronounce your name? 2 SAY/STATE to officially state that something is true pronounce somebody/something sth The victim was pronounced dead on arrival.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Linguistics, Law pronounce pro‧nounce / prəˈnaʊns /
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