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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

enunciation

/ɪˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/

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What does enunciation mean?

noun

  1. The act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making known; open attestation; declaration.
  2. The mode of utterance or pronunciation, especially with regards to the fullness and distinctness of articulation.
  3. That which is enunciated or announced; words in which a proposition is expressed; formal declaration

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/ɪˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/

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Then the astonishing young woman with the red hair declaimed the CONFITEOR, vigorously and with a resonant distinctness of enunciation.
Harold FredericThe Damnation of Theron WareProject Gutenberg ebook #133
A calm, subdued triumph, blent with a longing earnestness, marked his enunciation of the last glorious verses of that chapter.
Charlotte BrontëJane Eyre: An AutobiographyProject Gutenberg ebook #1260
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“I think it is an occasion that we shall none of us forget,” said the marquise, with her pure, neat enunciation.
Henry JamesThe AmericanProject Gutenberg ebook #177
But voice and enunciation are after all merely single manifestations of degree and quality of culture, of taste, and of natural gift.
Sara Cone BryantHow to Tell Stories to Children, and Some Stories to TellProject Gutenberg ebook #474
He must be credited, too, with a clear enunciation of one most important scientific doctrine--namely, the doctrine of the spherical figure of the earth.
Henry Smith Williams; Edward Huntington WilliamsA History of Science — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #1705