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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
e·nun·ci·a·tion       [i-nuhn-see-ey-shuhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.an act or manner of enunciating.
2.utterance or pronunciation.
3.a formal announcement or statement: the enunciation of a doctrine.
[Origin: 1545–55; < L énūntiātiōn- (s. of énūntiātiō). See enunciate, -ion]
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e·nun·ci·ate       (ĭ-nŭn'sē-āt')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   e·nun·ci·at·ed, e·nun·ci·at·ing, e·nun·ci·ates

v.   tr.
  1. To pronounce; articulate.
  2. To state or set forth precisely or systematically: enunciate a doctrine.
  3. To announce; proclaim.

v.   intr.
To pronounce words; speak aloud.


[Latin ēnūntiāre, ēnūntiāt- : ē-, ex-, ex- + nūntiāre, to announce (from nūntius, messenger; see neu- in Indo-European roots).]

e·nun'ci·a·ble (-ə-bəl) adj., e·nun'ci·a'tion n., e·nun'ci·a'tive (-sē-ā'tĭv, -sē-ə-tĭv) adj., e·nun'ci·a'tive·ly adv., e·nun'ci·a'tor n.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
enunciation 
1531 (implied in enunciative), from L. enuntiationem (nom. enuntiatio), from enuntiare "enunciate," from ex- "from" + nuntius "messenger" (see nuncio).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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enunciation

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

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Enunciation

E*nun`ci*a"tion\ (?; 277), n. [L. enuntiatio, -ciatio.]

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's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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