proclaim
pronunciation
How to pronounce proclaim in British English:
UK [prəˈkleɪm]
How to pronounce proclaim in American English:
US [prəˈkleɪm]
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- Verb:
- declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles
- state or announce
- affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of
- praise, glorify, or honor
Word Origin
- proclaim (v.)
- late 14c., proclamen, from Latin proclamare "cry or call out," from pro- "forth" (see pro-) + clamare "to cry out" (see claim (v.)). Spelling altered by influence of claim. Related: Proclaimed; proclaiming; proclaimer.
Example
- 1. Even those who privately oppose kim jong un will proclaim loyalty for now .
- 2. But when asked to repair the mess we 've made , we proclaim our impotence .
- 3. But our age is the first to proclaim the power to reduce risk to zero simply by spreading it around .
- 4. It is tempting , then , to point to all these changes and proclaim that elite higher education is at long last a meritocracy .
- 5. Banners and notices in the friendship hospital 's foyer proclaim the changes : no more mark-ups on medicine prices ( hospitals are normally allowed to add up to 15 % ) or charges for diagnosis , and no more registration fees .