enunciation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience
    diction.

WordNet


E*nun`ci*a"tion noun
Etymology
L. enuntiatio, -ciatio.
Definitions
  1. The act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making known; open attestation; declaration; as, the enunciation of an important truth.
    By way of interpretation and enunciation. Jer. Taylor.
  2. Mode of utterance or pronunciation, especially as regards fullness and distinctness or articulation; as, to speak with a clear or impressive enunciation.
  3. That which is enunciated or announced; words in which a proposition is expressed; an announcement; a formal declaration; a statement.
    Every intelligible enunciation must be either true or false. A. Clarke.

Webster 1913