pronunciation (noun)

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• pronunciation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ correct, good, proper ▪ bad, incorrect ▪ alternative, different, variant ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• pronunciation — ► NOUN ▪ the way in which a word is pronounced. USAGE The word pronunciation is often pronounced incorrectly with the second syllable rhyming with bounce, whereas it should be pronounced with the second syllable rhyming with dunce …   English terms dictionary

• pronunciation — 1. Note that the correct spelling of this word is pronunciation, not pronounciation, and it is pronounced accordingly. 2. The British pronunciations given in this book follow the so called ‘received standard’ based on the forms used by educated… …   Modern English usage

• noun and verb differences — The following table lists differences of stress, pronunciation, and spelling when the same word is used as a noun and a verb, for example compound, escort, practice/practise, record, and use. Differences are marked by the letters s (= difference… …   Modern English usage

• Pronunciation — refers to: * the way a word or a language is usually spoken * the manner in which someone utters a wordA word can be spoken in different ways by various individuals or groups, depending on many factors, such as: #the area in which they grew up… …   Wikipedia

• pronunciation — noun /pɹəˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃən,pɹəˌnaʊnsiˈeɪʃən/ a) The standard way in which a word is made to sound when spoken. What is the pronunciation of hiccough ? b) The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking. His Italian… …   Wiktionary

• pronunciation — noun Etymology: Middle English pronunciacion, from Anglo French pronunciation, from Latin pronuntiation , pronuntiatio, from pronuntiare Date: 15th century the act or manner of pronouncing something • pronunciational adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• pronunciation guide — noun A table in a reference work explaining the symbols that it uses to represent the pronunciation of its entries …   Wiktionary

• pronunciation — early 15c., mode in which a word is pronounced, from L. pronuntiationem (nom. pronuntiatio) act of speaking, also proclamation, noun of action from pronuntiare announce (see PRONOUNCE (Cf. pronounce)) …   Etymology dictionary

• pronunciation — noun 1 (C, U) the way in which a language or a particular word is pronounced: Make sure you give each word its correct pronunciation. 2 (singular, uncountable) a particular person s way of pronouncing a word or words …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• pronunciation — noun the pronunciation of difficult words Syn: accent, manner of speaking, speech, diction, delivery, elocution, intonation; articulation, enunciation, voicing, vocalization, sounding …   Thesaurus of popular words