{
    "term": "pronounce",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "pronounce",
            "heSheIt": "pronounces"
        },
        "pastSimple": "pronounced",
        "pastParticiple": "pronounced",
        "ingForm": "pronouncing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to make the sound of a word or letter in a particular way",
            "sensetop": "pronounce something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to pronounce a word/syllable/vowel/consonant"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Very few people can pronounce my name correctly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The ‘b’ in lamb is not pronounced."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I found it difficult to pronounce the name of the port."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't know how to pronounce the name of the town."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She pronounced the ‘o’ as in ‘no’."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["clearly", "distinctly", "correctly"],
                "verb + pronounce": ["can", "know how to", "be difficult to"],
                "preposition": ["as", "as in"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to give a judgement, opinion or statement formally, officially or publicly",
            "sensetop": "pronounce somethingpronounce somebody/something + nounpronounce somebody/something + adj.pronounce somebody/something to be/have somethingpronounce that…+ speechpronounce in favour of somebody/somethingpronounce for somebody/somethingpronounce against somebody/something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to pronounce an opinion",
                    "contextForm": "pronounce something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The judge will **pronounce sentence** today."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I hesitate to **pronounce judgement** in such a case."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She pronounced him the winner of the competition.",
                    "contextForm": "pronounce somebody/something + noun"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I now pronounce you husband and wife *(= in a marriage ceremony)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.",
                    "contextForm": "pronounce somebody/something + adj."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The jury pronounced him guilty of first-degree murder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He pronounced the country to be in a state of war.",
                    "contextForm": "pronounce somebody/something to be/have something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She pronounced that an error had been made.",
                    "contextForm": "pronounce that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘It's pneumonia,’ he pronounced gravely.",
                    "contextForm": "+ speech"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The committee has pronounced in favour of the merger.",
                    "contextForm": "pronounce in favour of somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The judge pronounced for *(= in favour of)* the defendant.",
                    "contextForm": "pronounce for somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "My opinion in this case is that I must pronounce against this claim.",
                    "contextForm": "pronounce against somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He pronounced himself delighted with the judge's decision."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Press reports beforehand confidently pronounced that an agreement had already been reached."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Reality TV was officially pronounced dead by the critics."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["officially"],
                "preposition": ["in favour/​favor of", "on", "upon"],
                "phrases": ["be pronounced dead", "pronounce yourself something"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈnaʊns/",
                "audio": "pr/pronounce/pronounce__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈnaʊnsɪz/",
                "audio": "pr/pronounce/pronounces__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈnaʊnst/",
                "audio": "pr/pronounce/pronounced__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈnaʊnsɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pr/pronounce/pronouncing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈnaʊns/",
                "audio": "pr/pronounce/pronounce__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈnaʊnsɪz/",
                "audio": "pr/pronounce/pronounces__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈnaʊnst/",
                "audio": "pr/pronounce/pronounced__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈnaʊnsɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pr/pronounce/pronouncing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French pronuncier, from Latin pronuntiare, from pro- ‘out, forth’ + nuntiare ‘announce’ (from nuntius ‘messenger’)."
}