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PRONUNCIATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The way a word or a language is customarily spoken
Example:
that is the correct pronunciation
Synonyms:
orthoepy; pronunciation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("pronunciation" is a kind of...):
language; oral communication; speech; speech communication; spoken communication; spoken language; voice communication ((language) communication by word of mouth)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pronunciation"):
Received Pronunciation (the approved pronunciation of British English; originally based on the King's English as spoken at public schools and at Oxford and Cambridge Universities (and widely accepted elsewhere in Britain); until recently it was the pronunciation of English used in British broadcasting)
Derivation:
pronounce (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The manner in which someone utters a word
Example:
they are always correcting my pronunciation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("pronunciation" is a kind of...):
utterance; vocalization (the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pronunciation"):
assibilation; sibilation (pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound)
mispronunciation (incorrect pronunciation)
homophony (the same pronunciation for words of different origins)
accent; speech pattern (distinctive manner of oral expression)
articulation (the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech)
Derivation:
pronounce (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way)
Context examples:
He found that this was no light task, and at wheel or lookout he steadily went over and over his lengthening list of pronunciations and definitions, while he invariably memorized himself to sleep.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
