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# enunciate

«enunciate» in Mova's school dictionary: **To say words clearly and carefully, sounding each part** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (enunciate, enunciates, enunciated, enunciating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To say words clearly and carefully, sounding each part. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enunciate/#m1)

2) (formal) To state an idea, plan or belief clearly: «enunciate a principle». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enunciate/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In English and drama lessons: actors, readers and speakers learn to enunciate so the audience can hear. In church: readers enunciate Bible readings clearly. In formal writing: leaders enunciate policies. Phrases: «enunciate clearly», «enunciate each word».

### examples

- Please enunciate so everyone at the back can hear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enunciate/#x1)
- The actor enunciated every word of the poem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enunciate/#x2)
- When you read in church, enunciate clearly and slowly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enunciate/#x3)
- The head teacher enunciated the new rules at assembly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enunciate/#x4)
- Practise tongue twisters to help you enunciate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enunciate/#x5)
- She enunciated "thank you" very carefully in Irish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enunciate/#x6)

### note

Regular verb. Noun: «enunciation». Formal; in speech say «speak clearly». Do not confuse with «announce» or «pronounce» (to say a word in a certain way). Pronounced ih-NUN-see-ate.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «enunciate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enunciate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.