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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 pro·nun·ci·a·tion /prəˌnʌn(t)siˈeʃən ||&dɪvɪdɛ;ˌnaʊn(t)-/
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pro·nun·ci·a·tion n.
 1. The act of uttering with articulation; the act of giving the proper sound and accent; utterance; as, the pronunciation of syllables of words; distinct or indistinct pronunciation.
 2. The mode of uttering words or sentences.
 3. Rhet. The art of manner of uttering a discourse publicly with propriety and gracefulness; -- now called delivery.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 pronunciation
      n 1: the manner in which someone utters a word; "they are always
           correcting my pronunciation"
      2: the way a word or a language is customarily  spoken; "the
         pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners";
         "that is the correct pronunciation" [syn: orthoepy]