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The act of uttering with articulation; the act of giving the proper sound and accent; utterance; as, the pronunciation of syllables of words; distinct or indistinct pronunciation.

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Accent 76% connected

A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.

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Articulation 76% connected

A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton.

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Assibilation 76% connected

Change of a non-sibilant letter to a sibilant, as of -tion to -shun, duke to ditch.

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Homophony 76% connected

Sameness of sound.

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Mispronunciation 76% connected

Wrong or improper pronunciation.

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Sibilation 76% connected

Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a hiss.

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Language 76% connected

Any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically, human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice; sounds, expressive of thought, artic…

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Speech 76% connected

The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.

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Utterance 76% connected

The act of uttering.

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Vocalization 76% connected

The act of vocalizing, or the state of being vocalized.

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Orthoepy 92% connected

The art of uttering words correctly; a correct pronunciation of words; also, mode of pronunciation.

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American noun · 85% connection

the English language as used in the United States

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American English noun · 85% connection

the English language as used in the United States

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the English language as used in the United States

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British English noun · 85% connection

English as spoken in the UK

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Canadian English noun · 85% connection

the English language as used in Canada

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Loan noun · 85% connection

a word borrowed from another language; e.g. ‘blitz’ is a German word borrowed into modern English

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loanword noun · 85% connection

a word borrowed from another language; e.g. ‘blitz’ is a German word borrowed into modern English

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UK English noun · 85% connection

English as spoken in the UK

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Word noun · 85% connection

a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words…

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Head noun · 85% connection

(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent

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Head word noun · 85% connection

(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent

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Quantifier noun · 85% connection

(grammar) a word that expresses a quantity (as ‘fifteen’ or ‘many’)

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Anagram noun · 84% connection

a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase

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Antonym noun · 84% connection

a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other; "to hi…

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Back-formation noun · 84% connection

a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it

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Catchword noun · 84% connection

a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page

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Charade noun · 84% connection

a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades

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Classifier noun · 84% connection

a word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class to which the counted i…

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Abarticulation noun · 78% connection

Articulation, usually that kind of articulation which admits of free motion in the joint; diarthrosis.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: uttering, articulation, giving, proper, sound.
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Accentual adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent.

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Accentuation noun · 78% connection

the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance

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Articulate verb · 78% connection

To form, as the elementary sounds; to utter in distinct syllables or words; to enunciate; as, to articulate letters or language.

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Baritone adjective · 78% connection

Not marked with an accent on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood.

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Choking adjective · 78% connection

Indistinct in utterance, as the voice of a person affected with strong emotion.

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Circumflex noun · 78% connection

A character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long syllable, marked thus [~ or /]; and in Latin and so…

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Consonant noun · 78% connection

An articulate sound which in utterance is usually combined and sounded with an open sound called a vowel; a member of the spoken alpha…

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Diarthrosis noun · 78% connection

A form of articulation which admits of considerable motion; a complete joint; abarticulation. See Articulation.

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Dim superl. · 78% connection

Not bright or distinct; wanting luminousness or clearness; obscure in luster or sound; dusky; darkish; obscure; indistinct; overcast;…

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Enarthrosis noun · 78% connection

A ball and socket joint, or the kind of articulation represented by such a joint. See Articulation.

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