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Definition of Pronunciation

1. Noun. The manner in which someone utters a word. "They are always correcting my pronunciation"

2. Noun. The way a word or a language is customarily spoken. "That is the correct pronunciation"

Definition of Pronunciation

1. n. The act of uttering with articulation; the act of giving the proper sound and accent; utterance; as, the pronunciation of syllables of words; distinct or indistinct pronunciation.

Definition of Pronunciation

1. Noun. The standard way in which a word is made to sound when spoken. ¹

2. Noun. The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pronunciation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pronunciation

pronounces pronounciate pronounciation pronouncing pronouns pronto pronubial pronuclear pronuclei pronucleophiles

pronucleuses pronuncial pronunciamento pronunciamentos pronunciation pronunciation-guide pronunciation guide pronunciation guides pronunciation respelling pronunciation respellings

pronunciational pronunciations pronunciative pronunciatory proo proof proof(p) proof-of-concept proof-read

Literary usage of Pronunciation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1897)
"All had, of course, the Byzantine pronunciation, which is essentially the same ... With the end of the sixteenth century the pronunciation of Greek in the ..."

2. A Grammar of the German Language: Designed for a Thoro and Practical Study by George Oliver Curme (1922)
"Best Pronunciation. In Germany there is no standard of pronunciation that is ... The German stage has established fixed rules for pronunciation which many ..."

3. The Practical Study of Languages: A Guide for Teachers and Learners by Henry Sweet (1906)
"The last pronunciation is now extinct, but the other two still seem to be about equally frequent. The fluctuations of French pronunciation are even greater. ..."

4. Proceedings by Classical Association (Great Britain) (1908)
"THE Pronunciation Committee of the Classical Association, which has already reported on Latin Pronunciation, is empowered also "to consider what changes in ..."

5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1884)
"Booster, the pronunciation of bolster (ou as in loud). Brears, the pronunciation of briers. Breet, the pronunciation of Bright, which see. ..."

6. Proceedings by Classical Association (Great Britain) (1908)
"THE Pronunciation Committee of the Classical Association, which has already reported on Latin Pronunciation, is empowered also "to consider what changes in ..."

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