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The act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making known; open attestation; declaration; as, the enunciation of an important truth.

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Articulation 76% connected

A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mumbling 76% connected

of Mumble

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Diction 92% connected

Choice of words for the expression of ideas; the construction, disposition, and application of words in discourse, with regard to clearness, accuracy…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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allophone noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme

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Central vowel noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) any vowel sound in which the tongue is positioned halfway between a front vowel and a back vowel.; "In practice, unround…

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Mid vowel noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) Any vowel sound made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; mi…

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Oral vowel noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) an ordinary vowel that is produced without nasalization.; "An oral vowel is produced with the soft palate in a raised po…

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Phoneme noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language

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Rounded vowel noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) A vowel that is pronounced with the lips drawn together and forming a circular opening.; "Thus rounded vowels and labial…

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Phone noun · 78% connection

(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

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Phonetic transcription noun · 78% connection

a transcription intended to represent each distinct speech sound with a separate symbol

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Sound noun · 78% connection

(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

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Speech sound noun · 78% connection

(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

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Acknowledgment noun · 78% connection

A declaration or avowal of one's own act, to give it legal validity; as, the acknowledgment of a deed before a proper officer. Also, t…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, making, known.
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Affirmation noun · 78% connection

A solemn declaration made under the penalties of perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declaration is…

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Announcement noun · 78% connection

The act of announcing, or giving notice; that which announces; proclamation; publication.

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Annunciation noun · 78% connection

The act of announcing; announcement; proclamation; as, the annunciation of peace.

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Annunciative adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to annunciation; announcing.

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Attestation noun · 78% connection

The act of attesting; testimony; witness; a solemn or official declaration, verbal or written, in support of a fact; evidence. The tru…

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Break verb · 78% connection

make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auctio…

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Bring out verb · 78% connection

make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auctio…

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Commination noun · 78% connection

prayers proclaiming God's anger against sinners; read in the Church of England on Ash Wednesday

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Curfew noun · 78% connection

a signal (usually a bell) announcing the start of curfew restrictions

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Declaration noun · 78% connection

The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclama…

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Declaratory adjective · 78% connection

Making declaration, explanation, or exhibition; making clear or manifest; affirmative; expressive; as, a clause declaratory of the wil…

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Disclose verb · 78% connection

make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auctio…

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Discover verb · 78% connection

make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auctio…

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Divulge verb · 78% connection

make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auctio…

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Expose verb · 78% connection

make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auctio…

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Faith noun · 78% connection

The assent of the mind to the statement or proposition of another, on the ground of the manifest truth of what he utters; firm and ear…

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Give away verb · 78% connection

make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auctio…

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