Pronouncement
noun
noun ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An official public announcement.
"The trial concluded with the pronouncement of a guilty verdict."
- 2 an authoritative declaration wordnet
- 3 An utterance.
"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."
Antonyms
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More examples"The team owner and the coach are not happy with his pronouncement."
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman and Old French prononcement. By surface analysis, pronounce + -ment. Doublet of pronunciamento.