English language
Toggle Transcript
enunciate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | articulate, enounce, pronounce, say, sound out |
| Has types | labialize, lilt, lisp, mispronounce, misspeak, nasalise, nasalize, palatalise, palatalize, raise, retroflex, roll, round, sibilate, sound, stress, subvocalise, subvocalize, syllabise, syllabize, trill, twang, vocalise, vocalize, voice, vowelise, accent, vowelize, accentuate, aspirate, click, devoice, drawl, explode, flap, labialise |
| Derivation | enunciation |
Examples of enunciate
enunciate
Tuxedoed captains who enunciate your family name each time they leave your table.
From the bloomberg.com
Labor is dying in the polls because it has failed to enunciate a compelling vision.
From the theaustralian.com.au
Do supporters need a well-funded campaign just to enunciate the new choices?
From the stltoday.com
Romney cannot enunciate a defensible, or even decipherable, ethanol policy.
From the tennessean.com
We'll have to wait until then for him to enunciate his full motives for the comeback.
From the washingtonpost.com
Everybody eventually learned to slow down and enunciate, the students said.
From the orlandosentinel.com
As the chorale's leader, she often reminds the group to sing with feeling and enunciate.
From the courier-journal.com
Newman's failure to enunciate made the performance only more mesmerizing.
From the washingtonpost.com
Articulatory gestures are the actions necessary to enunciate language.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Pronounce: speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"
- Articulate: express or state clearly
- (enunciation) the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience
- In phonetics, enunciation is the act of speaking. Good enunciation is the act of speaking clearly and concisely. The opposite of good enunciation is mumbling or slurring. See also "pronunciation" which is a component of enunciation. Pronunciation is to pronounce sounds of words correctly.
- : To make a definite or systematic statement of; To announce, proclaim; To articulate, pronounce; To make sounds clearly
- (Enunciating) say or pronounce clearly (page 196)
- (Enunciation) The act of saying words that are complete and easy-to-understand; avoidance of mumbling and slurring words.
- (Enunciation) fully pronouncing each syllable of each word with the proper emphasis (covered in Speak for Success Speech Lesson 1).
- (Enunciation) the distinctness of the sounds the speaker makes
