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enunciate

Syllables: e·nun·ci·ate/ɪˈnʌnsiˌeɪt/

enunciate verb: to make a definite or systematic statement of.

Verb

enunciate (third-person singular simple present enunciates, present participle enunciating, simple past and past participle enunciated)

  1. (transitive) To make a definite or systematic statement of.
  2. To announce, proclaim.
    • the terms in which he enunciates the great doctrines of the gospel1829, Reverend James Marsh, Preface to Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Aids to Reflection (originally published 1825)
  3. (transitive) To articulate, pronounce.
    • You must enunciate all the syllables.
  4. (intransitive) To make sounds clearly.
    • Enunciate when you speak.

enunciate meaning in Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

enunciate in Bengali

স্পষ্টভাবে উচ্চারণ করা, ব্যক্ত করা

enunciate in Malayalam

വ്യക്തമായി ഉച്ചരിക്കുക, വ്യക്തമായ ഭാഷയിൽ അവതരിപ്പിക്കുക, പ്രഖ്യാപിക്കുക

enunciate in Kannada

ಸಾರಿಹೇಳು, ಬಿಡಿಸಿಹೇಳು, ಮನದಟ್ಟುಮಾಡು

Forms of enunciate

third-person singular presentenunciates
present participleenunciating
past participleenunciated
pastenunciated

Past tense of enunciate: enunciated

Origin of enunciate

From Latin ēnuntiātus, past participle of ēnuntiō (“to report, declare”), from ē- + nūntiō (“to report”). Doublet of enounce.

Words formed from enunciate

Questions about enunciate

What does enunciate mean?
Enunciate means to make a definite or systematic statement of.
What is enunciate in Bengali?
Enunciate in Bengali is স্পষ্টভাবে উচ্চারণ করা, ব্যক্ত করা. See Enunciate meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is enunciate?
Enunciate is a verb.
How do you pronounce enunciate?
Enunciate is pronounced /ɪˈnʌnsiˌeɪt/.
What is the past tense of enunciate?
The past tense of enunciate is enunciated.

Words near enunciate in the dictionary

  1. enumerator
  2. enumerators
  3. enums
  4. enunciability
  5. enunciable
  6. enunciate
  7. enunciated
  8. enunciates
  9. enunciating
  10. enunciation
  11. enunciations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: enunciate (page history and authors); enunciate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enunciate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enunciate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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