enunciate

UK: /ɪˈnʌnsieɪt/ US: /ɪˈnʌnsiˌeɪt/ ,(i nun′sē āt′)

Inflections of 'enunciate' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

enunciates

v 3rd person singular

enunciating

v pres p

enunciated

v past

enunciated

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

e•nun•ci•ate /ɪˈnʌnsiˌeɪt/   v., -at•ed, -at•ing. 

1. to utter or pronounce: [~ + object]
   She enunciates her words clearly.
   [no object]
   trying to enunciate clearly.

e•nun•ci•a•tion /ɛˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃən/  n. [uncountable] See -nunc-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

e•nun•ci•ate  (i nun′sē āt′), v., -at•ed, -at•ing. 
v.t. 

1. to utter or pronounce (words, sentences, etc.), esp. in an articulate or a particular manner:
   He enunciates his words distinctly.
2. to state or declare definitely, as a theory.
3. to announce or proclaim:
   to enunciate one's intentions.

v.i. 

4. to pronounce words, esp. in an articulate or a particular manner.

• Latin ēnūntiātus (past participle of ēnūntiāre), equivalent. to ē- e- + nūnti(us) messenger, message + -ātus -ate¹
• 1615–25

e•nun′ci•a•ble, adj. 
e•nun′ci•a•bil′i•ty, n. 
e•nun′ci•a′tive, e•nun′ci•a•to′ry, adj. 
e•nun′ci•a′tive•ly, adv. 
e•nun′ci•a′tor, n. 

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enunciate / ɪˈnʌnsɪˌeɪt/ verb

1. to articulate or pronounce (words), esp clearly and distinctly
2. (transitive) to state precisely or formally

Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin ēnuntiāre to declare, from nuntiāre to announce, from nuntius messenger

eˌnunciˈation noun

eˈnunciative, eˈnunciatory adjective

eˈnunciatively adverb

eˈnunciˌator noun