Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
The act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making known; open attestation; declaration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The mode of utterance or pronunciation, especially with regards to the fullness and distinctness of articulation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
That which is enunciated or announced; words in which a proposition is expressed; formal declaration
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: announcement, statement
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: diction
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: articulation
Narrower terms: mumbling
History
From Latin ēnuntiātiō. By surface analysis, enunciate + -ion.
Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
