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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

enunciate

/ɪˈnʌnsiˌeɪt/

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What does enunciate mean?

verb

  1. To make a definite or systematic statement of.
  2. To announce, proclaim.
  3. To articulate, pronounce.
More meanings (1)

verb

  1. To make sounds clearly.

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IPA pronunciation

/ɪˈnʌnsiˌeɪt/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Other dictionary pronunciations

/iˈnʌnsiˌeɪt/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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Truth, thus held, is but one superstition the more, accidentally clinging to the words which enunciate a truth.
John Stuart MillOn LibertyProject Gutenberg ebook #34901
Very slowly and deliberately they enunciate each word and syllable with long-drawn emphasis, punctuating their sentences with pauses, some short and some long.
Tingfang WuAmerica, Through the Spectacles of an Oriental DiplomatProject Gutenberg ebook #609
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Nothing can be more delightfully ludicrous, than the important and emphatical air with which the herd of mankind enunciate the most trifling observations.
William GodwinThoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the AuthorProject Gutenberg ebook #743
With features strained hard to enunciate the syllables they continued to regard the centre of the flickering fire, the notes of the youngest straying over into the pauses of the rest.
Thomas HardyTess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure WomanProject Gutenberg ebook #110
He spoke simply, and utterly without emotion; with the manner of a teacher setting forth to a group of scholars an axiom in geometry, he would enunciate such propositions as made the hair of an ordinary person rise on end.
Upton SinclairThe JungleProject Gutenberg ebook #140