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Meanings of enunciation in English

Portuguese
dicção
Catalan
dicció

The articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience.

        dicção
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        Examples for "diction"
        Examples for "diction"
        1
        They are tender in feeling, musical in verse, and pure in diction.
        A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century
        2
        The wisdom of a million fools in the diction of a dullard.
        The Devil's Dictionary
        3
        The solution of this problem lies in the proper study of diction.
        The Head Voice and Other Problems: Practical Talks on Singing
        4
        Was the mannered diction mostly down to English being her second language?
        The Guardian
        5
        Thou thinkest Marie-Antoinette commanded the nobility of France with her good diction?
        Seven Surrenders
        Usage of enunciation in English
        1
        Something in the enunciation puzzled Karyl with a hint of the familiar.
        The Lighted Match
        2
        Each vowel sound must be distinct in enunciation and pure in quality.
        Resonance in Singing and Speaking
        3
        Her clear enunciation made the slang phrase sound like the purest English.
        Grace Harlowe's Junior Year at High School / Or, Fast Friends in...
        4
        Be careful to give a clear and distinct enunciation to every letter.
        Sanders' Union Fourth Reader / Embracing a Full Exposition of th...
        5
        He never tried to lose his accent, but kept a crystal-clear enunciation.
        The Irish Times
        6
        I had met young men of whose enunciation Swinburne's now reminded me.
        And Even Now
        7
        His idea of the enunciation of the first theme is peculiar:
        Chopin : the Man and His Music
        8
        He is less original, less convincing in the enunciation of broad general principles.
        The Anti-Slavery Crusade: A Chronicle of the Gathering Storm
        9
        Classroom practice in enunciation and telephone etiquette precedes laboratory work on dummy switchboards.
        The new yorker
        10
        And the correct enunciation was far different from her halting tongue.
        Stinger
        11
        His mouth was formed for the enunciation of large words and pompous phrases.
        David Malcolm
        12
        The enunciation of the veteran warrior had been calm, but distinct, and decided.
        The Prairie
        13
        The enunciation of this great first commandment of science consecrated Doubt.
        Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews
        14
        Indeed, he was so earnest in this enunciation that few thought him disinterested.
        Bohemian Days: Three American Tales
        15
        The enunciation of Mr. Crampton, the minister, is also wonderfully fine.
        Memories of Hawthorne
        16
        She said she had insisted on correct enunciation from the first.
        Sowing Seeds in Danny
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        Translations for enunciation
        Portuguese
        dicção
        Enunciation through the time
        Enunciation across language varieties
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