verbalising

Putting into words

Verbalising is the British spelling of verbalizing—expressing something in words.

To verbalise a thought is to put it into spoken or written language: She had trouble verbalising her feelings.

The term often implies making explicit what was previously internal or abstract.

articulating

speech

Oral communication ability

fluency · eloquence · phonetics · prosody · intonation · inflection · modulation · accent · intelligibility · oratory

communicating

conversation

Exchange of spoken ideas

talk · exchange · expression · declaration · utterance · pronouncement · announcement · statement · articulation · conveying

explaining

explanation

Statement making something clear

interpretation · definition · illustration · demystification · disambiguation · unpacking · spelling out · elaboration · simplification · paraphrasing

processing

thinking aloud

Expressing thoughts verbally

reflection · reasoning · formulating · conceptualizing · mental rehearsal · working through

narrating

storytelling

Recounting events aloud

account · narrative · anecdote · chronicle · tale · reportage · describing · retelling · recapping · summarizing

Opposites
expression mode

verbalisingkeeping quiet

Remaining silent

internalising · withholding · suppressing · keeping to oneself · bottling up

communication channel

verbalisinggesturing

Moving limbs expressively

gesticulating · miming · pantomiming · nonverbal communication · signing

articulation clarity

verbalisingmumbling

Indistinct, quiet speech

muttering · stammering · hemming and hawing · clamming up

Family

verb, proverb, verbal, adverb, verbs, verbalize, verbatim, verbally, nonverbal

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