1.
[syn: enunciation, diction]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Enunciation \E*nun`ci*a"tion\ (?; 277), n. [L. enuntiatio,
-ciatio.]
1. The act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making
known; open attestation; declaration; as, the enunciation
of an important truth.
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By way of interpretation and enunciation. --Jer.
Taylor.
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2. Mode of utterance or pronunciation, especially as regards
fullness and distinctness or articulation; as, to speak
with a clear or impressive enunciation.
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3. That which is enunciated or announced; words in which a
proposition is expressed; an announcement; a formal
declaration; a statement.
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Every intelligible enunciation must be either true
or false. --A. Clarke.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
enunciation
n 1: the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view
of its intelligibility to the audience [syn: enunciation,
diction]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "enunciation":
affirmance, affirmation, allegation, announcement, annunciation,
articulation, assertion, asseveration, attack, averment,
avouchment, avowal, bulletin board, circular, communique,
conclusion, creed, declaration, delivery, dictum, edict,
encyclical, ipse dixit, manifesto, notice, notification, phonation,
position, position paper, positive declaration, predicate,
predication, proclamation, profession, program, programma,
pronouncement, pronunciamento, pronunciation, proposition, protest,
protestation, public notice, report, say, say-so, saying, stance,
stand, statement, ukase, utterance, vocalization, voicing, vouch,
white book, white paper, word