elocution

1. 1.

   an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture

   Broadermanner of speaking

Other forms of elocution

plural

elocutions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about elocution

What does elocution mean?

elocution means "an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture".

How many syllables are in elocution?

elocution has 4 syllables: el-o-cu-tion. The stress falls on "cu". In IPA it is /ˌɛləˈkjuʃən/.