Collocations for "pronounced"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "pronounced" in context.
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pronounce
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- pronounce [a, the] word
- pronounce your words
- [how, ability, difficult] to pronounce
- (couldn't) pronounce it [right, correctly, well]
- pronounced it [wrong, badly, poorly]
- pronounced as a [vowel, consonant, "p"]
- the ["p", "e", "h"] is not pronounced
- (one of) the hardest words to pronounce (in English)
- is [difficult, tricky, hard] to pronounce in [English, some languages]
- I now pronounce you [husband, man] and wife
- pronounced them [husband] and wife
- they were pronounced husband and wife
- pronounced her the winner
- she was pronounced the winner
- pronounced [dead, alive, safe]
- pronounce with [pride, confidence, certainty]
- pronounce in favor of [a motion, an idea, a suggestion]
- pronounce against [a motion]
- pronounce [sentence, judgment]
- pronounce on the [news, TV, radio]
- pronounce on this [subject, matter, question]
- pronounced [gravely, seriously, offhandedly]
'pronounced' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):