pronouncement

  • 1Pronouncement — Pro*nounce ment, n. The act of pronouncing; a declaration; a formal announcement. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2pronouncement — I noun affirmation, announcement, annunciation, assertion, asseveration, authoritative statement, averment, comment, decision, declaration, decree, deliverance, dictum, edict, enunciation, expression, fiat, formal statement, imperative, judgment …

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  • 3pronouncement — 1590s, from PRONOUNCE (Cf. pronounce) + MENT (Cf. ment) …

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  • 4pronouncement — [n] declaration, statement advertisement, announcement, broadcast, decree, dictum, edict, judgment, manifesto, notification, proclamation, promulgation, pronunciamento*, publication, report, ukase; concepts 271,274,278 Ant. concealment …

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  • 5pronouncement — [prə nouns′mənt, prōnouns′mənt] n. 1. the act of pronouncing 2. a formal, often authoritative statement of a fact, opinion, or judgment …

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  • 6pronouncement — n. 1) to issue, make a pronouncement 2) a pronouncement that + clause (the government issued a pronouncement that taxes would be lowered) * * * [prə naʊnsmənt] make a pronouncement to issue a pronouncement that + clause (the government issued a… …

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  • 7pronouncement — pro|nounce|ment [prəˈnaunsmənt] n formal an official public statement pronouncement on ▪ the Pope s last pronouncement on birth control …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 8pronouncement — UK [prəˈnaʊnsmənt] / US noun [countable] Word forms pronouncement : singular pronouncement plural pronouncements formal an official public statement …

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  • 9pronouncement — noun (C) formal an official public statement: the Pope s latest pronouncement on birth control …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 10pronouncement — noun we awaited an official pronouncement from Washington Syn: announcement, proclamation, declaration, assertion; judgment, ruling, decree; formal ordinance …

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