Elocution
[,elə'kjuːʃ(ə)n] or [,ɛlə'kjuʃən]
Definition
(noun.) an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture.
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Definition
(n.) Utterance by speech.
(n.) Oratorical or expressive delivery, including the graces of intonation, gesture, etc.; style or manner of speaking or reading in public; as, clear, impressive elocution.
(n.) Suitable and impressive writing or style; eloquent diction.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Speech, faculty of speech, power of expression.[2]. Utterance, delivery, manner of speaking, oral expression.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Oratory, declamation, eloquence
ANT:Reading, lection, balbutiation
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Definition
n. the art of effective speaking more esp. of public speaking regarding solely the utterance or delivery: eloquence.—adj. Elocū′tionary.—n. Elocū′tionist one versed in elocution: a teacher of elocution.
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Examples
- The teaching of elocution. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- His father, his grandfather, his uncle, and two brothers had all taught elocution in one form or another at the Universities of Edinburgh, Dublin, and London. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The choice, too, of the actors required knowledge and carethen came lessons in elocution, in attitude, and then the fatigue of countless rehearsals. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- When he was sixteen family influence was able to get him the post of teacher of elocution in certain schools, and he spent his leisure hours studying the science of sound. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- His graceful elocution enchained the senses of his hearers. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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