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   What does elocution mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! ELOCUTION definition: 1. the art of careful public speaking, using clear pronunciation and good breathing to control the…. Learn more.

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   What are elocution and pronunciation?

   • Elocution and pronunciation were considered the only two offices proper to rhetoric, and these fell under peculiar opprobrium. Elocution, or style, became the center of rhetorical theory, and in Ramist hands it was almost solely concerned with figures of speech.

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   What does ellocucioun mean?

   • Middle English ellocucioun "oratorical or literary style," borrowed from Latin ēlocūtiōn-, ēlocūtiō "expression of an idea in words, manner of expressing oneself," from ēlocū-, variant stem of ēloquī "to utter, put into words" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action — more at eloquent 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 “Elocution.”

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   What does elocution mean in popular speech?

   • In America, the Delsarteans, who stressed gesture rather than words, spread an antirhetorical approach to imagination, the passions, sensory experience, and delivery. Thus, well into the 20th century, “elocution” in popular speech meant florid delivery and “rhetoric,” because of its principal concern with oratory, meant purple prose.

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   • Elocution: Vietnamese Translation

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     ELOCUTION translate: ораторское искусство . Learn more in...

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     elocution translate: ศิลปะการพูดในที่ชุมชน. Learn more in...

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     elocution translate: wymowa. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     ELOCUTION translate: elocución. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   The meaning of ELOCUTION is a style of speaking especially in public. How to use elocution in a sentence.

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   elocution in American English. (ˌeləˈkjuːʃən) noun. 1. a person's manner of speaking or reading aloud in public. The actor's elocution is faultless. 2. the study and practice of oral delivery, including the control of both voice and gesture.

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   Elocution definition: a person's manner of speaking or reading aloud in public. See examples of ELOCUTION used in a sentence.

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   Elocution is the skill of pronouncing your words correctly. There are even elocution coaches for actors, singers, or anyone else who wants to improve theirs. Elocution sometimes describes a particular style of speaking, like an announcer's elocution that sounds like he's from the Bronx.

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   elocution. the ability to speak clearly and correctly, especially in public and pronouncing the words in a way that is considered to be socially acceptable. Definition of elocution noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.