Meaning

2 senses
  1. An official public announcement.

    The trial concluded with the pronouncement of a guilty verdict.

    заявле́ниеzajavlénije, вынесе́ниеvynesénije

  2. An utterance.

More definitions
  • an authoritative declaration

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The team owner and the coach are not happy with his pronouncement.

  2. He however says the government will not condone pronouncements that incite violence and chaos.

  3. Through his ill-advised pronouncements and actions, Tom has laid the ground for intolerance and xenophobia within his circle of friends.

    deDurch seine unbedachten Äußerungen und Handlungen hat Tom der Intoleranz und Fremdenfeindlichkeit innerhalb seines Freundeskreises den Boden bereitet. — raggione

  4. Health advocacy groups that have been warning of possible cell phone-cancer links are praising the WHO pronouncement.

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
an official public announcement:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: pronouncements
Singularpronouncement
Pluralpronouncements

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedpronounce

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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