noun
Meaning 1
An official public announcement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The trial concluded with the pronouncement of a guilty verdict.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dictum
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
pronouncement
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Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
An utterance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
an authoritative declaration
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dictum, say-so
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: declaration
Narrower terms: directive
History
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman and Old French prononcement. By surface analysis, pronounce + -ment. Doublet of pronunciamento.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: обявяване (objavjavane) — an official public announcement
- Bulgarian: декларация (deklaracija) — an official public announcement
- Finnish: julistus — an official public announcement
- Finnish: ilmoitus — an official public announcement
- Kazakh: құлақтандыру (qūlaqtandyru) — an official public announcement
- Kazakh: жариялау (jariälau) — an official public announcement
- Latin: effātum — an official public announcement
- Polish: oświadczenie — an official public announcement
- Portuguese: pronunciamento — an official public announcement
- Russian: заявле́ние (zajavlénije) — an official public announcement
- Russian: вынесе́ние (vynesénije) — an official public announcement
- Spanish: pronunciamiento — an official public announcement
- Bulgarian: изказване (izkazvane) — an utterance
- Kazakh: жарияланым (jariälanym) — an utterance
- Kazakh: мәлімдеме (mälımdeme) — an utterance
- Māori: tātaku — an utterance
- Spanish: prolación — an utterance