pronouncement
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7.2
- noun
- /prəˈnaʊnsmənt/
- Formal
:
declaración
- The president's pronouncement regarding the new policy shocked the nation.
- to make a pronouncement
- an official pronouncement
- a public pronouncement
It's it's declarations of what matters most to them, the leadership's own pronouncements about what the future holds.
- It's it's declarations of what matters most to them, the leadership's own pronouncements about what the future holds.
- Speak with gravity, make a pronouncement, play big, play dramatic, take a position.
- It's their pronouncement that you are nothing more than a psychological punching bag for them.
- So this thing about going to Delphi and the pronouncement is, is presented as a key moment in his life.
- I mean, there's there's dealing with like in the sense of having a pronouncement.
- And this is the small town Jason, who is speaking, finding enormous satisfaction from making pronouncements that sound like proverbs.
- Like, why was it important for you to really like draw this line in the sand and make this dramatic like basic pronouncement about how you were shifting your life?
Examples
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A captain in the Cardinal's Guard makes a public pronouncement from horseback outside a cathedral.
Fiction book (1993) -
They'll flinch, they'll argue, but none can oppose my pronouncement that the Tower must guide this man.
Fiction book (1992) -
And what is your learned pronouncement Sister?
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- We'll need a pronouncement doctor, just to make it official.
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His Highness Prince John will make further public pronouncement tomorrow."
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As governor of Jamaica, I make my first pronouncement.
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I got a feeling he's gonna make a pronouncement this morning.
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Therefore, it is the pronouncement of this tribunal that you be executed by firing squad forthwith.
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Most significant for this essay, though, are Thomas Malthus's pronouncements on the potato.
Academic text (2017) -
Mother accepts her son's precocious pronouncement as perfectly normal; talks to him as if he's an adult.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
∞
1.3
A clear report given in speech or writing, often to officials
738
1.5
A public statement that gives important information
590
2.9
An announcement, product, or statement made available to the public
150
3.7
A formal public statement made by a person or agreed by a group
133
3.7
A short official statement giving urgent news
94
2.5
An official message sent to the news media to give information
59
5.5
An official public announcement by a government or leader that tells people something important
36
3.8
A positive statement that something is true or good
27
7.2
An official order from a person or government in power that people must follow
17
7.3
An official statement from a government or organization to the public
17
1.9
An important public message about news or plans
6
8.1
A formal statement by a leader or expert that guides others
2
8.5
An official public announcement that a new law or rule starts
A public announcement by political or military leaders saying their plans and demands
A formal announcement of important news, often made to the public or in a church
A formal statement saying something is true instead of swearing an oath
Antonyms
How Authoritative
- Formal
80
5.7
- Formal
430
4.9
- Formal
59
5.5
- Formal
34
7.2
- Formal
∞
1.3
738
1.5
97
2.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word pronouncement comes from the parts pro- ('forward') and nounce ('tell'), as in the familiar word announce. So, a pronouncement is a formal 'telling' — a public, official statement.