elocution

[ el-uh-kyoo-shuhn ]

/ ˌɛl əˈkyu ʃən /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR elocution ON THESAURUS.COM

noun

a person's manner of speaking or reading aloud in public: The actor's elocution is faultless.

the study and practice of oral delivery, including the control of both voice and gesture.

Origin of elocution

1500–10; <Latin ēlocūtiōn- (stem of ēlocūtiō) a speaking out, equivalent to ē-e-¹ + locūtiōn-locution

OTHER WORDS FROM elocution

el·o·cu·tion·ar·y

[el-uh-kyoo-shuh-ner-ee], /ˌɛl əˈkyu ʃəˌnɛr i/, adjectiveel·o·cu·tion·ist, noun

Words nearby elocution

El Monte, Elmwood Park, El Niño, El Obeid, elocute, elocution, elodea, Elohim, Elohism, Elohist, eloign

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Example sentences from the Web for elocution

He throws every fiber of his being into each performance, altering his posture, elocution, temperament, and more.
Oscars 2015: The Daily Beast’s Picks, From Scarlett Johansson to ‘Boyhood’|Marlow Stern|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And Robert De Niro's Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull wasn't exactly the king of elocution.
Mumbling Wins Oscars!|Zachary Pincus-Roth|March 3, 2010|DAILY BEAST
I relieved Mrs. Fosdyke from anxiety by informing her that we had a professor of elocution at school.
Little Novels|Wilkie Collins
Of her elocution it is scarcely fair to judge until she has caught more accurately the pitch required for the theater.
Mary Anderson|J. M. Farrar

"You certainly ought to go on the stage," chorus the admiring friends of the girl who excels in the work of the elocution class.
Vocational Guidance for Girls|Marguerite Stockman Dickson
But the practice of stage-representation reduces everything to a controversy of elocution.
The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4|Charles Lamb
His talk was simple, natural, and direct, never dropping into circumlocution nor elocution.
Yesterdays with Authors|James T. Fields

British Dictionary definitions for elocution

elocution

/ (ˌɛləˈkjuːʃən) /

noun

the art of public speaking, esp of voice production, delivery, and gesture

Derived forms of elocution

elocutionary, adjectiveelocutionist, noun

Word Origin for elocution

C15: from Latin ēlocūtiō a speaking out, from ēloquī, from loquī to speak

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	elocution
释义	elocution [ el-uh-kyoo-shuhn ] / ˌɛl əˈkyu ʃən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR elocution ON THESAURUS.COM noun a person's manner of speaking or reading aloud in public: The actor's elocution is faultless. the study and practice of oral delivery, including the control of both voice and gesture. Origin of elocution 1500–10; <Latin ēlocūtiōn- (stem of ēlocūtiō) a speaking out, equivalent to ē-e-¹ + locūtiōn-locution OTHER WORDS FROM elocution el·o·cu·tion·ar·y [el-uh-kyoo-shuh-ner-ee], /ˌɛl əˈkyu ʃəˌnɛr i/, adjectiveel·o·cu·tion·ist, noun Words nearby elocution El Monte, Elmwood Park, El Niño, El Obeid, elocute, elocution, elodea, Elohim, Elohism, Elohist, eloign Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for elocution He throws every fiber of his being into each performance, altering his posture, elocution, temperament, and more. Oscars 2015: The Daily Beast’s Picks, From Scarlett Johansson to ‘Boyhood’\|Marlow Stern\|January 6, 2015\|DAILY BEAST And Robert De Niro's Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull wasn't exactly the king of elocution. Mumbling Wins Oscars!\|Zachary Pincus-Roth\|March 3, 2010\|DAILY BEAST I relieved Mrs. Fosdyke from anxiety by informing her that we had a professor of elocution at school. Little Novels\|Wilkie Collins Of her elocution it is scarcely fair to judge until she has caught more accurately the pitch required for the theater. Mary Anderson\|J. M. Farrar "You certainly ought to go on the stage," chorus the admiring friends of the girl who excels in the work of the elocution class. Vocational Guidance for Girls\|Marguerite Stockman Dickson But the practice of stage-representation reduces everything to a controversy of elocution. The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4\|Charles Lamb His talk was simple, natural, and direct, never dropping into circumlocution nor elocution. Yesterdays with Authors\|James T. Fields British Dictionary definitions for elocution elocution / (ˌɛləˈkjuːʃən) / noun the art of public speaking, esp of voice production, delivery, and gesture Derived forms of elocution elocutionary, adjectiveelocutionist, noun Word Origin for elocution C15: from Latin ēlocūtiō a speaking out, from ēloquī, from loquī to speak Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to elocution enunciation, eloquence, rhetoric, oratory, diction, locution, declamation, delivery, pronunciation, speech, utterance, reading, expression, speechmaking, dramatic, public speaking
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elocution

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