ELOQUENT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of eloquent in English

(Definition of eloquent from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of eloquent from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of eloquent

eloquent
May those questions, from this most eloquent of wordsmiths, never end.
This recurring motif makes an eloquent point about both the sexism in the office and her transcendence of that sexism in a single running joke.
What might seem melodramatic or heavy is hard-won, sensitive, and eloquent about that project.
He spent the rest of his life as an eloquent advocate for faith and forgiveness.
The tale of these two economies is clear, profound, and even eloquent.
He delivered it in an eloquent, pleasant and thought-provoking way.
From CNN
Instead, he's been eloquent in detailing his concerns over police brutality in minority communities.
Listen to the sound of leadership; it is you being eloquent, powerful, convincing, compelling, and forceful.
Which is kind of like saying that anyone in a crowded football stadium could stand and deliver an eloquent speech.
The eloquent attorney looked down at his boots, and kept his answer short.
Students whom he had taught in the 1980s and admirers of his eloquent championing of human rights wrote their accolades.
He was angry and eloquent in describing the pesticide calamity all around him.
It's not about magic words or eloquent moments.
The concert is intended to be her local calling card, and she's eloquent on how she chose the program.
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Translations of eloquent

in Chinese (Traditional)
雄辯的,有說服力的…
in Chinese (Simplified)
雄辩的,有说服力的…
in Spanish
elocuente, elocuente [masculine-feminine]…
in Portuguese
eloquente, eloquente [masculine-feminine]…
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雄弁な, 雄弁(ゆうべん)な…
güzel konuşan, hitabeti kuvvetli…
éloquent/-ente, éloquent…
eloqüent…
welsprekend…
veltalende, retorisk…
vältalig…
fasih…
redegewandt…
veltalende, velformulert, uttrykksfull…
красномовний…
красноречивый…
فَصيح…
výmluvný…
fasih…
พูดจูงใจ…
có khả năng hùng biện…
elokwentny, wymowny, sugestywny…
웅변을 잘 하는…
eloquente…
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