Past tense of pronounce
regular verb
The past tense of pronounce is pronounced. The past participle is also pronounced.
Forms of pronounce
| Base form (V1) | pronounce /pɹəˈnaʊns/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | pronounced /pɹəˈnaʊnst/ |
| Past participle (V3) | pronounced /pɹəˈnaʊnst/ |
| Present participle | pronouncing |
| Third person singular | pronounces |
Pronounced in a sentence
- Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- The doctor pronounced them legally dead.
- He pushed his empty plate away, sighed and pronounced "I am done."From the entry done
- Play the audio clip to hear how the word is pronounced.From the entry play
- In a non-rhotic accent, the word 'sort' can be pronounced like the word 'sought'.From the entry non-rhotic
Meaning of pronounce
- verb To declare formally, officially or ceremoniously.
- verb To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.
- verb To pronounce dead.
Questions about the past tense of pronounce
- What is the past tense of pronounce?
- The past tense of pronounce is pronounced.
- What is the past participle of pronounce?
- The past participle of pronounce is pronounced.
- Is pronounce a regular or irregular verb?
- Pronounce is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pronounce (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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