enunciation

C2 Topic:Law & Government
US /ɪˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ UK /ɪˌnʌn.sɪˈeɪ.ʃən/
noun Freq #97352

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    The act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making known; open attestation; declaration.

    It was time for the enunciation of an important truth.

  2. 2
    noun

    The mode of utterance or pronunciation, especially with regards to the fullness and distinctness of articulation.

    She speaks with an impressively clear enunciation.

  3. 3
    noun

    the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience

  4. 4
    noun

    That which is enunciated or announced; words in which a proposition is expressed; formal declaration

Thesaurus

Synonyms
3 noun · the articulation of speech... diction
4 noun · that which is enunciated or... announcementstatement
Word family
Derived forms misenunciationnonenunciationoverenunciation
Related forms diction

Etymology

From Latin ēnuntiātiō.

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