enunciate
English
    
    Etymology
    
From Latin ēnuntiātus, past participle of ēnuntiō (“to report, declare”), from ē- + nūntiō (“to report”).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ɪˈnʌnsiˌeɪt/
 Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: e‧nun‧ci‧ate
 - Homophone: annunciate
 
Verb
    
enunciate (third-person singular simple present enunciates, present participle enunciating, simple past and past participle enunciated)
- (transitive) To make a definite or systematic statement of.
 - To announce, proclaim.
- 1829, Reverend James Marsh, Preface to Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Aids to Reflection (originally published 1825)
- the terms in which he enunciates the great doctrines of the gospel
 
 
 - 1829, Reverend James Marsh, Preface to Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Aids to Reflection (originally published 1825)
 - (transitive) To articulate, pronounce.
- You must enunciate all the syllables.
 
 - (intransitive) To make sounds clearly.
- Enunciate when you speak.
 
 
Usage notes
    
Do not confuse enunciate (to speak clearly) with annunciate (to announce).
Related terms
    
Translations
    
To articulate, pronounce
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Italian
    
    
Verb
    
enunciate
- inflection of enunciare:
- second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
 - second-person plural imperative
 
 
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