pronounce

/pɹəˈnaʊns/verb

To say a word or sound out loud, especially in the correct way.

Example sentence

“Could you show me how to pronounce your surname?”

Also used for formal declarations: 'pronounced dead', 'I now pronounce you'. Watch the noun: it is 'pronunciation', with no 'noun' in the middle.

Related words

reviseTo go over something written and change or improve it.grammarThe set of rules that describes how words are formed and combined in a language.memorizeTo learn something so well that you can recall it exactly, without looking.vocabularyAll the words that a person knows and uses.concentrateTo direct all your attention or thinking toward one thing.literacyThe skill of being able to read and write.