Pronouncement

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An official public announcement.

    "The trial concluded with the pronouncement of a guilty verdict."

  2. 2
    an authoritative declaration wordnet
  3. 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."

Synonyms

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announcementdeclarationstatementsay soactionaddress

Example

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"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.

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