pronouncement

CEFRB2

/prəˈnaʊnsmənt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A formal or confident public statement about something.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An utterance.

Examples

  • The team owner and the coach are not happy with his pronouncement.

  • The trial concluded with the pronouncement of a guilty verdict.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. An official public announcement.

More examples

In context

  • His pronouncements carried great authority, but his physical difficulties often caused them to be enigmatic in their brevity.

  • Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment.

  • This grinchy pronouncement by the president had the value of being truthful.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Anglo-Norman and Old French prononcement. By surface analysis, pronounce + -ment. Doublet of pronunciamento.