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enunciating

enunciating is the present participle and gerund of enunciate.

Meaning of enunciate

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.

Questions about enunciating

What is enunciating the present participle and gerund of?
Enunciating is the present participle and gerund of enunciate.

Words near enunciating in the dictionary

  1. enunciability
  2. enunciable
  3. enunciate
  4. enunciated
  5. enunciates
  6. enunciating
  7. enunciation
  8. enunciations
  9. enunciative
  10. enunciatively
  11. enunciator

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Adapted from Wiktionary: enunciating (page history and authors); enunciate (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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