enunciate

Verb

Meaning

To make a formal statement of; to announce; to proclaim; to declare, as a truth.

To make distinctly audible; to utter articulately; to pronounce; as, to enunciate a word distinctly.

To utter words or syllables articulately.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

say pronounce articulate vocalize enounce sound out vocalise speke state show word air present sound give
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Antonyms

cork control contain stammer lisp mutter
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Hypernyms

state say tell

Hyponyms

sound click trill lisp voice round

Related terms

enunciation enunciable enunciator

Phrases with the word

enunciate faintly

Derivatives

enunciated enunciating

Examples

It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a hospital that it should do the sick no harm. Florence Nightingale

Since we seek to know what is the physical phenomenon we perceive, we must first enunciate this proposition, which will govern the whole of our discussion: to wit- Of the outer world we know nothing except our sensations. Alfred Binet

She pronounces French words in a funny way Source: Internet

I cannot say `zip wire' Source: Internet

Can the child sound out this complicated word? Source: Internet

Cooper said it is harder to breathe and they muffle voices so singers have to enunciate as much as possible to be understood. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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