Pronounced

Definition

pronounce /prǝ'naƱns/ v ၁။ အသံထြက္သည္။ People pronounce words like ‘castle’ and ‘bath’ differently in different parts of the country. ❍ Very few people can pronounce my name properly. ❍ The ‘b’ in ‘debt’ is not pronounced. See also PRONUNCIATION, UNPRONOUNCEABLE ၂။ ေၾကညာသည္။ ထုတ္ျပန္သည္။ ခ်မွတ္သည္။ အတည္တက်ေျပာသည္။ pronounce an opinion/ a judgement ❍ She was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital. ❍ The play was pronouned a success. ❍ The doctor pronounced that he was fit enough to return to work. ❍ ‘It's definitely an antique,’ he pronounced. ❏ pronounceable /-ǝbl/ adj အသံထြက္တတ္ေသာ။ I find some of the place-names barely pronounceable. ❏ pronounced adj ၁။ သိသာေသာ။ He walked with a pronounced limp. ၂။ စြဲၿမဲေသာ။ ခိုင္မာေသာ။ She has very pronounced views about art. ❏ pronounce (sth) for/against sb/ sth [ PHRV ] ( law ) စီရင္ခ်က္ခ်မွတ္သည္။ pronounce (sentence) against the accused. ❏ pronouncement n ~ (on sth) တရားဝင္ထုတ္ျပန္ခ်က္။ ေၾကညာခ်က္။ make an official pronouncement on changes in transport policy. ❏ pronounce on/ upon sth [ PHRV ] ထင္ျမင္ခ်က္ေပး သည္။ Only an unwise critic would pronounce on the artist's meaning.

Examples

1. I find some Japanese words very difficult to pronounce.
2. ‘Busy’ is pronounced to rhyme with ‘dizzy’.
3. Did I pronounce your name correctly?
4. The court pronounced her innocent of all charges.
5. Reagan would pronounce on issues that interested him.