MISPRONOUNCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mispronounce mean? 

• MISPRONOUNCE (verb)
  The verb MISPRONOUNCE has 1 sense:

1. pronounce a word incorrectly

  Familiarity information: MISPRONOUNCE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MISPRONOUNCE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they mispronounce    ... he / she / it mispronounces   
Past simple: mispronounced   
Past participle: mispronounced   
-ing form: mispronouncing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pronounce a word incorrectly

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

mispronounce; misspeak

Context example:

She mispronounces many Latinate words

Hypernyms (to "mispronounce" is one way to...):

articulate; enounce; enunciate; pronounce; say; sound out (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

mispronunciation (incorrect pronunciation)

 Context examples 

Her little airs and graces were much admired, so were her accomplishments, for besides her drawing, she could play twelve tunes, crochet, and read French without mispronouncing more than two-thirds of the words.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)