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ENUNCIATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Express or state clearly

Synonyms:

articulate; enunciate; vocalise; vocalize

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "enunciate" is one way to...):

say; state; tell (express in words)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

enunciation (the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way

Example:

Can the child sound out this complicated word?

Synonyms:

articulate; enounce; enunciate; pronounce; say; sound out

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

"Enunciate" entails doing...:

mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "enunciate"):

roll (pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/)

explode (cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/)

flap (pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds)

sibilate (pronounce with an initial sibilant)

trill (pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme 'r')

click (produce a click)

vocalise; vocalize; vowelise; vowelize (pronounce as a vowel)

accent; accentuate; stress (put stress on; utter with an accent)

lisp (speak with a lisp)

labialise; labialize; round (pronounce with rounded lips)

drawl (lengthen and slow down or draw out)

syllabise; syllabize (utter with distinct articulation of each syllable)

subvocalise; subvocalize (articulate without making audible sounds)

retroflex (articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate)

sound; vocalise; vocalize; voice (utter with vibrating vocal chords)

aspirate (pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds)

mispronounce; misspeak (pronounce a word incorrectly)

nasalise; nasalize (speak nasally or through the nose)

nasalise; nasalize (pronounce with a lowered velum)

palatalise; palatalize (pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate)

lilt (articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way)

raise (pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth)

devoice (utter with tense vocal chords)

twang (pronounce with a nasal twang)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

enunciation (the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience)

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