pronouncing
Voicing words clearly
Pronouncing is the act of articulating words or sounds aloud.
A pronouncing dictionary shows how to say words.
Pronouncing also means declaring formally or officially: The judge delayed pronouncing sentence.
Someone pronouncing on a subject is making authoritative statements about it: critics pronouncing on the state of modern art.
Clarity of spoken words
- dictionChoice of words
- phoneticsStudy of speech sounds
- syllablesUnits of pronunciation
- vowelsLetters with unblocked airflow
consonants · phonemes · phonology · articulation · utterance · vocalization · phonation · morphemes
Regional language variety
- regionalismLocal area favoritism
- inflectionWord form alteration
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- intonationPitch variation in speech
cadence · prosody · pitch · modulation · lilt · accentuation · emphasis · rhythm
Quality of being distinguishable
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- clearnessAbsence of obscurity
- audibilityCapacity to be heard
- comprehensibilityClarity of meaning
crispness · intelligibility · mumbling · slurring · garbling · elocution · projection · annunciation
Formally stating something
- decreeingIssuing authoritative orders
- rulingFormal legal determination
- sentencingImposing legal punishment
- verdictsFormal trial conclusions
judgments · proclamation · declaration · handing down · passing judgment · rendering · adjudicating
Art of persuasive language
- fluencySmooth linguistic command
- oratoryFormal eloquent discourse
- expressivenessAbility to convey emotion
- articulatenessClarity in verbal expression
persuasiveness · silver-tongued · mellifluous · sonorous · declamation · public speaking · speechmaking · delivery
enunciation
Clarity of spoken words
vowels · consonants · phonemes · phonology · articulation · utterance · vocalization · phonation · morphemes · articulators
dialect
Regional language variety
- regionalismLocal area favoritism
- inflectionWord form alteration
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
intonation · cadence · prosody · pitch · modulation · lilt · accentuation · emphasis · rhythm · tone
distinctness
Quality of being distinguishable
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- clearnessAbsence of obscurity
- audibilityCapacity to be heard
comprehensibility · crispness · intelligibility · mumbling · slurring · garbling · elocution · projection · annunciation · measured speech
declaring
Formally stating something
- decreeingIssuing authoritative orders
- rulingFormal legal determination
- sentencingImposing legal punishment
verdicts · judgments · proclamation · declaration · handing down · passing judgment · rendering · adjudicating
rhetoric
Art of persuasive language
- fluencySmooth linguistic command
- oratoryFormal eloquent discourse
- expressivenessAbility to convey emotion
articulateness · persuasiveness · silver-tongued · mellifluous · sonorous · declamation · public speaking · speechmaking · delivery · well-spoken
- vocalizationsspeak, speaking, talking, whisper, shout
- assertionsassertions, asserting, assert, statements, stating
- speechmakingorating, declaiming, speechifying, sermonizing, preaching
- speech actsspeaking, talking, uttering, locution, utterance
- leadershipleadership styles, leader, leadership skills, boss, leading
- judgmentsjudgment call, judge, moral judgment, criticize, value judgment
pronouncingsilent reading
Absorbing text without vocalizing
mouthing · thinking · muting · silencing · subvocalizing
pronouncingmumbling
Indistinct, quiet speech
murmuring · slurring · muttering · garbling · mispronouncing