pronunciation
Noun
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The manner in which someone utters a word (synset 107143654)
"they are always correcting my pronunciation"is a type of: utterance, vocalization - the use of uttered sounds for auditory communicationsubtypes:
- 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
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The way a word or a language is customarily spoken (synset 107143400)
"the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners"; "that is the correct pronunciation"is a type of: language, oral communication, speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication - (language) communication by word of mouthsubtypes: 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 broadcastingsame as: orthoepy
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