Meaning of elocution in English
(Definition of elocution from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of elocution
elocution
The most important rule is not the full-sound of words, but the speed of elocution.
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In general, the spelling of the words follows the elocution of the people, not that of the intellectuals.
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Two teachers of elocution were in great rivalry.
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He owed a great deal to his commanding figure, fine voice, and graceful elocution.
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But it may be asked in what cases ought popular elocution to rise to a fine, a noble style?
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The ease of elocution that sent every syllable to the farthest corner of the vast building was inimitable and cannot be described.
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Several female teachers of elocution in our midst prove that this is gradually perceived.
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To do this, he must know and apply the elocution of singing.
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These were very properly of a lighter nature than those of the morning--being only penmanship, elocution, and drawing.
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He had a copious and ready elocution, flowing at will in a strong and steady current, and rich in the material which constitutes argument.
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My efforts to study elocution, however, were not so successful.
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The professor of elocution was sick one day, and the boys came after me.
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These schools of elocution remind me of an incident which occurred about seventeen years ago.
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The school of elocution may not be a school of oratory at all.
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Elocution is an art of expression, which every teacher has, and he teaches his own art.
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hitabet, güzel konuşma sanatı…
élocution…
elocutie…
výřečnost…
veltalenhed…
seni wicara…
ศิลปะการพูดในที่ชุมชน…
thuật diễn thuyết…
wymowa, dar wymowy…
välläsning, talarkonst…
seni bicara…
die Vortragskunst…
foredragskunst, veltalenhet…
красномовство, ораторське мистецтво…
ораторское искусство…
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ellipticity
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