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MISPRONOUNCE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
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
Example:
She mispronounces many Latinate words
Synonyms:
mispronounce; misspeak
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
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)
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