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It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a hospital that it should do the sick no harm.
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Meaning of "enunciate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ENUNCIATE

From Latin ēnuntiāre to declare, from nuntiāre to announce, from nuntius messenger.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ENUNCIATE

enunciate  [ɪˈnʌnsɪˌeɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ENUNCIATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Enunciate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb enunciate in English.

WHAT DOES ENUNCIATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of enunciate in the English dictionary

The definition of enunciate in the dictionary is to articulate or pronounce, esp clearly and distinctly. Other definition of enunciate is to state precisely or formally.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ENUNCIATE

PRESENT

Present
I enunciate
you enunciate
he/she/it enunciates
we enunciate
you enunciate
they enunciate
Present continuous
I am enunciating
you are enunciating
he/she/it is enunciating
we are enunciating
you are enunciating
they are enunciating
Present perfect
I have enunciated
you have enunciated
he/she/it has enunciated
we have enunciated
you have enunciated
they have enunciated
Present perfect continuous
I have been enunciating
you have been enunciating
he/she/it has been enunciating
we have been enunciating
you have been enunciating
they have been enunciating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I enunciated
you enunciated
he/she/it enunciated
we enunciated
you enunciated
they enunciated
Past continuous
I was enunciating
you were enunciating
he/she/it was enunciating
we were enunciating
you were enunciating
they were enunciating
Past perfect
I had enunciated
you had enunciated
he/she/it had enunciated
we had enunciated
you had enunciated
they had enunciated
Past perfect continuous
I had been enunciating
you had been enunciating
he/she/it had been enunciating
we had been enunciating
you had been enunciating
they had been enunciating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will enunciate
you will enunciate
he/she/it will enunciate
we will enunciate
you will enunciate
they will enunciate
Future continuous
I will be enunciating
you will be enunciating
he/she/it will be enunciating
we will be enunciating
you will be enunciating
they will be enunciating
Future perfect
I will have enunciated
you will have enunciated
he/she/it will have enunciated
we will have enunciated
you will have enunciated
they will have enunciated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been enunciating
you will have been enunciating
he/she/it will have been enunciating
we will have been enunciating
you will have been enunciating
they will have been enunciating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would enunciate
you would enunciate
he/she/it would enunciate
we would enunciate
you would enunciate
they would enunciate
Conditional continuous
I would be enunciating
you would be enunciating
he/she/it would be enunciating
we would be enunciating
you would be enunciating
they would be enunciating
Conditional perfect
I would have enunciate
you would have enunciate
he/she/it would have enunciate
we would have enunciate
you would have enunciate
they would have enunciate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been enunciating
you would have been enunciating
he/she/it would have been enunciating
we would have been enunciating
you would have been enunciating
they would have been enunciating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you enunciate
we let´s enunciate
you enunciate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to enunciate
Past participle
enunciated
Present Participle
enunciating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ENUNCIATE


affiliate
əˈfɪlɪˌeɪt
alleviate
əˈliːvɪˌeɪt
annunciate
əˈnʌnsɪˌeɪt
appreciate
əˈpriːʃɪˌeɪt
asphyxiate
æsˈfɪksɪˌeɪt
associate
əˈsəʊʃɪˌeɪt
calceate
ˈkælsɪˌeɪt
caseate
ˈkeɪsɪˌeɪt
croceate
ˈcrəʊsɪˌeɪt
denunciate
dɪˈnʌnsɪˌeɪt
differentiate
ˌdɪfəˈrɛnʃɪˌeɪt
emaciate
ɪˈmeɪsɪˌeɪt
glaciate
ˈɡleɪsɪˌeɪt
humiliate
hjuːˈmɪlɪˌeɪt
initiate
ɪˈnɪʃɪˌeɪt
mediate
ˈmiːdɪˌeɪt
negotiate
nɪˈɡəʊʃɪˌeɪt
officiate
əˈfɪʃɪˌeɪt
recreate
ˈrɛkrɪˌeɪt
speciate
ˈspiːsɪˌeɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ENUNCIATE

entwist
enucleate
enucleation
Enugu
enumerability
enumerable
enumerate
enumeration
enumerator
enunciable
enunciation
enunciative
enunciatively
enunciator
enunciatory
enure
enuredness
enurement
enuresis
enuretic

WORDS THAT END LIKE ENUNCIATE

appropriate
beneficiate
brecciate
collegiate
consociate
cruciate
depreciate
disassociate
dissociate
excruciate
fasciate
immediate
inappropriate
intermediate
misappreciate
noviciate
patriciate
photodissociate
renunciate
sociate

Synonyms and antonyms of enunciate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ENUNCIATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «enunciate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of enunciate

Translation of «enunciate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ENUNCIATE

Find out the translation of enunciate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of enunciate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «enunciate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

字正腔圆
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

enunciar
570 millions of speakers

English

enunciate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उच्चारित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يعلنوا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

изложить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

enunciar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিবৃত করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

énoncer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengucapkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

aussprechen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

明確に述べる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

하게 발음
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyebarake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đọc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தெளிவாக விளக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्पष्ट करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bildirmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

enunciare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wymawiać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

викласти
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

enunța
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προφέρω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aankondig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

uttala
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

formulere
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of enunciate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ENUNCIATE»

The term «enunciate» is normally little used and occupies the 114.604 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ENUNCIATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «enunciate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «enunciate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about enunciate

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QUOTES WITH «ENUNCIATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word enunciate.
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Florence Nightingale
It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a hospital that it should do the sick no harm.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ENUNCIATE»

Discover the use of enunciate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to enunciate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Normal: Or, Methods of Teaching the Common Branches, ...
own long sound, o; (enunciate,) which is a long, simple vocal, modified at the lips. Ph is a consonant digraph, antecedent to the base of the third syllable, o, and represents the sound of f, f ; (enunciate,) which is an aspirate, obstructed at the ...
Alfred Holbrook, 1859
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An English Grammar Conformed to Present Usage: With an ...
N is a consonant, and the immediate consequent of the base of the syllable, representing its own proper sound, n; (enunciate,) which is a sub-vocal, obstructed at the hard palate by a contact made perfect there, but with an opening of the nasal ...
Alfred Holbrook, 1873
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The Normal, Or Methods of Teaching the Common Branches, ...
own long sound, o ; (enunciate,) which is a long, simple vocal modified at the lips. Fa id a consonant digraph, antecedent to the base of the third syllable, o, and represents the sound of f, f ; (enunciate,) which is an aspirate, obstructed at the ...
Alfred Holbrook, 1869
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary
1. To utter, as words or syllables; pronounce: used especially with reference to manner : as, he enunciates his words distinctly. — 2. To declare deliberately or in set terms; proclaim distinctly; announce; state: as, to enunciate a proposition.
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Syncategoreumata
The proposition 'You cannot truly enunciate that you are an ass; therefore you cannot truly deny that you are an ass' is true (from a genus, because 'to truly enunciate' is common to 'to truly affirm' and 'to truly deny'). Now if you cannot truly  ...
Pope John XXI, Lambertus Marie de Rijk, 1992
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New Normal Question Book Comprising Questions and Answers on ...
resenting its own short sound I, [enunciate,] which is a short, simple vocal. M is a consonant, and the consequent of the base of the first syllable, representing its own sound, m; [enunciate,] which is a sub- vocal, obstructed at the lips by a partial ...
Joseph E. Sherrill, 1899
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The Normal Question Book: Containing Three Thousand ...
S is a consonant, and the consequent of the base of the second syllable, representing its own proper sound, s; [enunciate,] which is an aspirate, obstructed at the gums by a partial contact of the organs, producing a dental and a continuant.
Joseph E. Sherrill, 1879
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To declare deliberately or in set terms ; proclaim distinctly ; announce ; state : as, to enunciate a proposition. The terms in which he enunciates the great doctrines of the gospel. Coleridge. = Syn. 1. Articulate, etc. See utter, v. II. intrans. To utter ...
9
The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the ...
enunciate vulge. declare, < e, out, + nuntiare, announce, tell, < a a n tins, a messenger: see nuncio. Cf. enounce] I. trans. 1. To utter, as words or syllables; pronounce: used especially with reference to manuer : as, he enunciates his words ...
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1914
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The Century dictionary and cyclopedia: a work of universal ...
enunciate vulge. declare, < e, out, + nuntiare, announce, tell, < nuntius, a messenger: see nuncio. Cf. enounce.] I. trans. 1. To utter, as words or syllables; pronounce: used especially with reference to manner : as, he enunciates his words ...
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1906

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ENUNCIATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term enunciate is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Do I Sound Gay?' review: Pushing past the cliche
George Takei wonders if it even exists, any more than a "straight voice." And as for fashion guru Tim Gunn, "We enunciate. And if that's gay...". «NJ.com, Jul 15»
2
As I See It: The deadly tragicomedy at the UNHRC
In Israel- phobic Britain, however, for the prime minister to enunciate such elementary moral decency is a startling shift. And it is echoed in ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
3
Blood and Thunder: Some Talk, No Action
Additionally, give Dave Matrise credit: the man can death growl with the best of them, yet he can enunciate shockingly well. In and out in a ... «PopMatters, Jul 15»
4
New urbanism, same old Chinese in Norton Commons
Did I fail to enunciate? Or maybe shyness was the issue. We had to repeat ourselves a lot — I even tried Preacher Voice — but it often seemed ... «Louisville Eccentric Observer, Jul 15»
5
Filmmaker And Speech Pathologist Weigh In On What It Means To …
TIM GUNN: We enunciate (laughter). And if that's gay, (imitates kissing sound). GROSS: (Laughter). That was Tim Gunn throwing the kiss ... «WKMS, Jul 15»
6
The Bachelorette Review: The Other Guy
Move your mouth and enunciate. Screen-Shot-2015-07-06-at-9.08.10-. Meanwhile, Nick and Shawn sit awkwardly together waiting for her to ... «The Workprint, Jul 15»
7
“Goodbye English teeth, hello impeccable smile”
In fact I would say that if anything my speech is clearer as the aligners make me enunciate more carefully. “ He added: “HD TV also picks up ... «Yareah Magazine, Jul 15»
8
A Pragmatic Snapshot of Ethiopia's Foreign Policy in the Sub Region
Hence, it is imperative to enunciate scenarios (if any) that warrants Ethiopia's engagement with peacemaking initiatives in neighboring ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
9
Only reformists Ntuane, Butale have manifestos
Butale wrote: “We need to revamp the party constitution and enunciate the power of the various members of the Central Committee and define ... «Mmegi Online, Jul 15»
10
Voice of authority
Pearl Rosenthal, 91, leads the Carriage Club Chorus. “Enunciate, look happy, breathe,” she tells them. She started the chorus four days after ... «Charlotte Observer, Jul 15»

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