exclaim
pronunciation
How to pronounce exclaim in British English:
UK [ɪkˈskleɪm]
How to pronounce exclaim in American English:
US [ɪkˈskleɪm]
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- Verb:
- utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
- state or announce
Word Origin
- exclaim (v.)
- 1560s, back-formation from exclamation or else from Middle French exclamer (16c.), from Latin exclamare "cry out loud, call out," from ex- "out," or else here as an intensive prefix (see ex-) + clamare "cry, shout, call" (see claim (v.)). Spelling influenced by claim. Related: Exclaimed; exclaiming.
Example
- 1. Temple 12 making people exclaim in the world most .
- 2. I exclaim happily , pulling away from her .
- 3. The superb culinary technique make people exclaim .
- 4. I exclaim looking at the students sparring .
- 5. If you see the weight up to 8600 kg whale leapt out of the water 6.6 meters , and for you to perform a variety of actions , I think you must happen to exclaim , saw this as a miracle , and there was such a miracle of the whale .