<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act or result of producing the sounds of speech, including articulation, stress, and intonation, often with reference to some standard of correctness or acceptability: They are arguing about the pronunciation of “forte” again.</li><li>an accepted standard of the sound and stress patterns of a syllable, word, phrase, etc.: He said the pronunciation of “curl” is kɜrlkurl not kɔɪlkoil.</li><li>the conventional patterns of treatment of the sounds of a language: the pronunciation of French.</li><li>a phonetic transcription of a given word, sound, etc.: The pronunciation of “pheasant” is ˈfɛzəntfezuhnt.</li><li>Rare. an act or instance of declaring publicly; pronouncement: It was but the latest pronunciation of the political double-standard uttered in the course of this scandal.</li><li>Synonyms: dissemination, promulgation, proclamation, affirmation, announcement, statement, assertion, declaration.</li><li>Obsolete. elocution or delivery.</li><li>elegant speech; oratory.</li><li>an act or instance of speaking.</li></ul>